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January 23

Some 10,000 clothing workers strike in Rochester, N.Y., for the 8-hour day, a 10 percent wage increase, union recognition, and extra pay for overtime and holidays.

January 23

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January 22

ndian field hands at San Juan Capistrano mission refused to work, engaging in what was probably the first farm worker strike in California - 1826

January 22

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January 21

Some 750,000 steel workers walk out in 30 states, largest strike in U.S. history to that time - 1946

January 21

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January 19

Twenty strikers at the American Agricultural Chemical Co. in Roosevelt, N.J., were shot, two fatally, by factory guards.

January 19

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January 18

U.S. Supreme Court rules in Moyer v. Peabody that a governor and officers of a state National Guard may imprison anyone?in the case at hand, striking miners in Colorado?without probable cause ?in a time of insurrection? and deny the person the right of appeal - 1909

January 18