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November 10

Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn., Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers.

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November 9

Twenty people, including at least nine firefighters, are killed in Boston?s worst fire. It consumed 65 downtown acres and 776 buildings over 12 hours ? 1872

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November 8

20,000 workers, black and white, stage general strike in New Orleans, demanding union recognition and hour and wage gains - 1892

November 8

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November 7

Some 1,300 building trades workers in eastern Massachusetts participated in a general strike on all military work in the area to protest the use of open-shop (a worksite in which union membership is not required as a condition of employment) builders. The strike held on for a week in the face of threats from the U.S. War Department - 1917

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November 5

Eugene V. Debs, labor leader, socialist, three-time candidate for president and first president of the American Railway Union, born - 1855

November 5