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April 21

New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signs Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike - 1967

April 21

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April 20

Nearly 10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers? win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

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April 19

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the nation?s ?Furniture City,? more than 6,000 immigrant workers?Germans, Dutch, Lithuanians and Poles?put down their tools and struck 59 factories for four months in what was to become known as the Great Furniture Strike - 1911

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April 18

West Virginia coal miners strike, defend selves against National Guard - 1912

April 18

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April 11

Ford Motor Company signs first contract with United Auto Workers - 1941

April 11