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May 2

In Germany, Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions, part of his effort to ban any political opposition - 1933

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May 1

Eight-hour day demonstration in Chicago and other cities begins tradition of May Day as international labor holiday ? 1886

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April 30

The Obama Administration?s National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections.

April 30

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April 29

When their demand that only union men be employed was refused, members of the Western Federation of Miners dynamited and destroyed the $250,000 mill of the Bunker Hill Company at Wardner, Idaho ? 1899

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April 28

Congress creates OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The AFL-CIO sets April 28 as ?Workers Memorial Day? to honor the hundreds of thousands of workers killed and injured on the job every year - 1970.

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April 27

President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment. The order listed ?sexual perversion? as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants - 1953 Also on this date: First strike for 10 hour day, by Boston carpenters?James Oppenheim?s poem ?Bread and Roses? published?click here for complete postings.

April 27