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December 20

Delegates to the AFL convention in Salt Lake City endorse a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote - 1899.

December 20

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December 19

A 47-day strike at Greyhound Bus Lines ends with members of the Amalgamated Transit Union accepting a new contract containing deep cuts in wages and benefits. Striker Ray Phillips died during the strike, run over on a picket line by a scab Greyhound trainee - 1983

December 19

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December 18

General Motors announces it is closing 21 North American plants over the following four years and slashing tens of thousands of jobs ? 1991

December 18

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December 17

Int?l Union of Aluminum, Brick & Glass Workers merges with United Steelworkers of America - 1996

December 17

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December 16

Eight female bank tellers in Willmar, Minn. begin the first strike against a bank in U.S. history. At issue: they were paid little more than half what male tellers were paid. The strike ended in moral victory but economic defeat two years later - 1977

December 16

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December 15

California's longest nurses strike ended after workers at Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo and Pinole approved a new contract with Tenet Healthcare Corp., ending a 13-month walkout - 2003

December 15