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November 23

History?s first recorded (on papyrus) strike, by Egyptians working on public works projects for King Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings. They were protesting having gone 20 days without pay?portions of grain?and put down their tools. Exact date estimated, described as within ?the sixth month of the 29th year? of Ramses? reign?1170BC?in The Spirit of Ancient Egypt, by Ana Ruiz. Scholar John Romer adds in Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaoh?s Tombmakers that the strike so terrified the authorities they gave in and raised wages. Romer believes it happened a few years later, on Nov. 14, 1152 B.C.

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November 22

?The Uprising of the 20,000.? Some 20,000 female garment workers are on strike in New York; Judge tells arrested pickets: ?You are on strike against God.? The walkout, believed to be the first major successful strike by female workers in American history, ended the following February with union contracts bringing better pay and working conditions ? 1909

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November 21

Six miners striking for better working conditions under the IWW banner are killed and many wounded in the Columbine Massacre at Lafayette, Colo. Out of this struggle Colorado coal miners gained lasting union contracts - 1927

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November 19

Joe Hill, labor leader and songwriter, executed in Utah on what many believe was a framed charge of murder. Before he died he declared: ?Don?t waste any time mourning. Organize.? - 1915

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