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November 26

Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door from which the women could flee was locked - 1910

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November 25

Some 10,000 New Orleans workers, black and white, participate in a solidarity parade of unions comprising the Central Trades and Labor Assembly. The parade was so successful it was repeated the following two years - 1883

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November 24

Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers? Int?l Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City - 1875

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November 23

History?s first recorded (on papyrus) strike, by Egyptians working on public works projects for King Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings.

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November 22

Some 20,000 female garment workers are on strike in New York; Judge tells arrested pickets: ?You are on strike against God? - 1909

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November 21

Six miners striking for better working conditions under the IWW banner are killed and many wounded in the Columbine Massacre at Lafayette, Colo. Out of this struggle Colorado coal miners gained lasting union contracts - 1927

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