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October 2

American Federation of Labor officially endorses campaign for a 6-hour day, 5-day workweek - 1934

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October 1

An ink storage room in the L.A. Times building is dynamited during a citywide fight over labor rights and organizing. The explosion was relatively minor, but it set off a fire in the unsafe, difficult-to-evacuate building, ultimately killing 21. A union member eventually confessed to the bombing, which he said was supposed to have occurred early in the morning when the building would have been largely unoccupied ? 1910

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September 30

A total of 29 strike leaders are charged with treason?plotting "to incite insurrection, rebellion & war against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"?for daring to strike the Carnegie Steel Co. in Homestead, Pa. Jurors refuse to convict them - 1892

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September 29

A report by the Labor Department?s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the average weekly take-home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87 - 1962

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September 20

Upton Sinclair, socialist and author of The Jungle?published on this day in 1906?born in Baltimore, Md. - 1878

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