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July 27

William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union, died - 1869

July 27

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July 26

In Chicago, 30 workers are killed by federal troops, more than 100 wounded at the "Battle of the Viaduct" during the Great Railroad Strike - 1877

July 26

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July 25

Workers stage a general strike?believed to be the nation?s first?in St. Louis, in support of striking railroad workers.

July 25

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July 24

The United Auto Workers and the Teamsters form the Alliance for Labor Action (ALA), later to be joined by several smaller unions.

July 24

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July 23

Anarchist Alexander Berkman shoots and stabs but fails to kill steel magnate Henry Clay Frick in an effort to avenge the Homestead massacre 18 days earlier, in which nine strikers were killed.

July 23

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July 22

Newly unionized brewery workers in San Francisco, mostly German socialists, declare victory after the city?s breweries give in to their demands for free beer, the closed shop,

July 22