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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

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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

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May 23

An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area. Among the issues: 60-hour workweeks, including night hours, for the children - 1903

May 23

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May 22

Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill., for role in Pullman strike - 1895

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May 21

Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely believed to have been framed for murder, go on trial today. They eventually are executed as part of a government campaign against dissidents - 1921

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May 20

The Railway Labor Act takes effect today. It is the first federal legislation protecting workers? rights to form unions - 1926

May 20