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March 16

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is formed in New York to represent New York City public school teachers and, later, other education workers in the city - 1960

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March 14

Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12 and a half hours to 93 minutes. Goodbye, craftsmanship. Hello, drudgery - 1914

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March 13

The term ?rat,? referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel.

March 13

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March 12

Greedy industrialist turned benevolent philanthropist Andrew Carnegie pledges $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries in New York City?barely 1 percent of his net worth at the time.

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March 11

Luddites smash 63 ?labor saving? textile machines near Nottingham, England - 1811

March 11