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April 23

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is founded through a merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major union congresses in Canada at the time. The CLC represents the interests of more than three million affiliated workers - 1956

April 23

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April 22

Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: ?They?ll Never Keep Us Down? and ?Working Girl Blues.?

April 22

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April 21

New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signs Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike - 1967

April 21

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April 20

Nearly 10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers? win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

April 20

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April 19

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the nation?s ?Furniture City,? more than 6,000 immigrant workers?Germans, Dutch, Lithuanians and Poles?put down their tools and struck 59 factories for four months in what was to become known as the Great Furniture Strike - 1919

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April 18

West Virginia coal miners strike, defend selves against National Guard - 1912

April 18