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January 6

 

8,000 workers strike at Youngstown Sheet & Tube. The following day the strikers’ wives and other family members join in the protest. Company guards use tear gas bombs and fire into the crowd; three strikers are killed, 25 wounded - 1916 _Also on this date: Toronto Labour Council endorses the principle of equal pay for equal work…_ 8,000 workers strike at Youngstown Sheet & Tube. The following day the strikers’ wives and other family members join in the protest. Company guards use tear gas bombs and fire into the crowd; three strikers are killed, 25 wounded - 1916 Also on this date: Toronto Labour Council endorses the principle of equal pay for equal work.

 

 

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