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December 5

Unionists John T. and James B. McNamara are sentenced to 15 years and life, respectively, after confessing to dynamiting the Los Angeles Timesbuilding during a drive to unionize the metal trades in the city. They placed the bomb in an alley next to the building, set to detonate when they thought the building would be empty; it went off early, and an unanticipated gas explosion and fire did the real damage, killing twenty people. The newspaper was strongly conservative and anti-union - 1911

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December 4

President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943

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December 3

Textile strikers win 10-hour day, Fall River, Mass. - 1866 The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance setting an 8-hour workday for all city employees - 1867 IWW union Brotherhood of Timber Workers organized - 1910

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November 30

?Fighting Mary? Eliza McDowell, also known as the ?Angel of the Stockyards,? born in Chicago. As a social worker she helped organize the first women?s local of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1902 - 1854

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