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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 15

15 Oct, 2017

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15 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 15

President Woodrow Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act—often referred to as "Labor’s Magna Carta"—establishing that unions are not "conspiracies" under the law. It for the first time freed unions to strike, picket and boycott employers. In the years that followed, however, numerous state measures and negative court interpretations weakened the law - 1914
 

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 15

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 13

13 Oct, 2017

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13 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 13

American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all German-made products as a protest against Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany - 1934
 
More than 1,100 office workers strike Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers win union recognition and pay increases - 1985

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 12

12 Oct, 2017

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12 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 12

Company guards kill at least eight miners who are attempting to stop scabs, Virden, Ill. Six guards are also killed, and 30 persons wounded - 1898

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 12

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 11

11 Oct, 2017

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11 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 11

The Miners’ National Association is formed in Youngstown, Ohio, with the goal of uniting all miners, regardless of skill or ethnic background - 1873

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 11

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 10

10 Oct, 2017

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10 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 10

Six days into a cotton field strike by 18,000 Mexican and Mexican-American workers in Pixley, Calif., four strikers are killed and six wounded; eight growers were indicted and charged with murder - 1933

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 10

This Week in Labor History - October 8

08 Oct, 2017

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08 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 8

Thirty of the city's 185 firefighters are injured battling the Great Chicago Fire, which burned for three days - 1871

This Week in Labor History - October 8