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May 29

Animators working for Walt Disney begin what was to become a successful 5-week strike for recognition of their union, the Screen Cartoonists' Guild. The animated feature Dumbo was being created at the time and, according to Wikipedia, a number of strikers are caricatured in the feature as clowns who go to "hit the big boss for a raise" - 1941

May 29

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May 28

The Ladies Shoe Binders Society formed in New York - 1835

May 28

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May 27

The U.S. Supreme Court declares the Depression-era National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional, about a month before it was set to expire ? 1935

May 27

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May 26

Men and women weavers in Pawtucket, R.I., stage nation's first "co-ed" strike - 1824

May 26

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May 25

Pressured by employers, striking shoemakers in Philadelphia are arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy for violating an English common law that bars schemes aimed at forcing wage increases. The strike was broken - 1805

May 25

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May 24

After 14 years of construction and the deaths of 27 workers, the Brooklyn Bridge over New York?s East River opens. Newspapers call it ?the eighth wonder of the world? - 1883

May 24