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March 30
Chicago stockyard workers win 8-hour day - 1918
At the height of the Great Depression, 35,000 unemployed march in New York’s Union Square. Police beat many demonstrators, injuring 100 - 1930
The federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act is enacted - 1970
Harry Bridges, Australian-born dock union leader, dies at age 88. He helped form and lead the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for 4
years. A Bridges quote: “The most important word in the language of the working class is ‘solidarity’” - 1990
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Faces Contempt Charges in Losing Battle to Deny Strikers’ Health Care
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Faces Contempt Charges in Losing Battle to Deny Strikers’ Health Care
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Faces Contempt Charges in Losing Battle to Deny Strikers’ Health Care
unWired Broadband Workers Fight to Join CWA
NewsGuild Members Battle on Two Fronts in New York
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NewsGuild Members Battle on Two Fronts in New York
NewsGuild Members Battle on Two Fronts in New York