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December 29

After years of intensive lobbying by the labor movement, a comprehensive national safety law is enacted as President Nixon signs the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, creating the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) - 1970

December 29

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December 28

The coffee percolator is patented by James H. Mason of Franklin, Mass., placing himself forever in the debt of millions of caffeine-dependent working people ? 1865

December 28

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December 27

President Roosevelt seizes the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. His decision to temporarily place the railroads under the ?supervision? of the War Department prompts the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the wage dispute - 1943

December 27

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December 26

Knights of Labor founded. Constitution bars from membership ?parasites,? including stockbrokers and lawyers - 1869

December 26

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December 25

A dynamite bomb destroys a portion of the Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles, where a bitter strike was in progress ? 1910

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December 24

Seventy-two copper miners? children die in panic caused by a company stooge at Calumet, Mich., who shouted ?fire? up the stairs into a crowded hall where the children had gathered. They were crushed against closed doors when they tried to flee - 1913

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