April 20

10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers’ win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

Also on this date: Colorado state militia, using machine guns and fire, kill about 20 people in the Ludlow massacre. An unknown assailant shoots through a window at United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther as he is eating dinner at his kitchen table. National Association of Post Office Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers & Group Leaders merge with Laborers. United Auto Workers members end a successful 172 day strike against International Harvester.

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