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July 31

Members of the National Football League Players Association begin what is to be a 2-day strike, their first. The issues: pay, pensions, the right to arbitration and the right to have agents - 1970

July 31

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July 30

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965, establishing Medicare and Medicaid - 1965

July 30

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July 29

The Coast Seamen's Union merges with the Steamship Sailors? Union to form the Sailors? Union of the Pacific - 1891

July 29

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July 28

Women shoemakers in Lynn, Mass., create Daughters of St. Crispin, demand pay equal to that of men - 1869

July 28

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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