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April 16
Employers lock out 25,000 New York City garment workers in a dispute over hiring practices. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union calls a general strike; after 14 weeks, 60,000 strikers win union recognition and the contractual right to strike - 1916
500 workers in Texas City, Texas die in a series of huge oil refinery and chemical plant explosions and fires - 1947
An estimated 20,000 global justice activists blockade Washington, D.C. meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund - 2000
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CWA District 6 Commits to “Be the Change”
CWA LPAT Members Help Protect Broadband Jobs
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