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March 19

U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Adamson Act, a federal law that established an 8-hour workday, with overtime pay, for interstate railway workers.

March 19

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March 18

Six laborers in Dorset, England?the "Tolpuddle Martyrs"?are banished to the Australian penal colony for seven years for forming a union, the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers.

March 18

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March 17

The leadership of the American Federation of Labor selects the Carpenters union to lead the 8-hour movement.

March 17

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March 16

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is formed in New York to represent New York City public school teachers and, later, other education workers in the city - 1960

March 16