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January 29

Responding to unrest among Irish laborers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, President Andrew Jackson orders first use of American troops to suppress a labor dispute - 1834 Six thousand railway workers strike for a union and the end of 18-hour day - 1889

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January 28

American Miners? Association formed - 1861 First U.S. unemployment compensation law enacted, in Wisconsin - 1932

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January 27

New York City maids organize to improve working conditions - 1734 Mine explosion in Mount Pleasant, Pa., leaves more than 100 dead - 1891 First meeting of the Int?l Labor Organization (ILO) - 1920

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January 26

In what could be considered the first workers? compensation agreement in America, pirate Henry Morgan pledges his underlings 600 pieces of eight or six slaves to compensate for a lost arm or leg. Also part of the pirate?s code, reports Roger Newell: shares of the booty were equal regardless of race or sex, and shipboard decisions were made collectively - 1695 Samuel Gompers, first AFL president, born in London, England. He emigrated to the U.S. as a youth - 1850

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January 24

Krueger's Cream Ale, the first canned beer, goes on sale in Richmond, Va. Pabst was the second brewer in the same year to sell beer in cans, which came with opening instructions and the suggestion: "cool before serving" - 1935

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