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March 9

Ten thousand Boston teamsters, freight clerks, freight handlers and longshoremen strike in sympathy with 100 freight handlers working for the New Haven Railroad.

March 9

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March 8

Thousands of New York needle trades workers demonstrate for higher wages, shorter workday, and end to child labor.

March 8

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March 7

Some 6,000 shoemakers, joined by about 20,000 other workers, strike in Lynn, Mass.

March 7

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March 6

The Sailors? Union of the Pacific, a union of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working aboard U.S. flag vessels, is founded in San Francisco - 1885

March 6

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March 5

British soldiers, quartered in the homes of colonists, took the jobs of working people when jobs were scarce.

March 5

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March 4

In his inaugural address, President Thomas Jefferson declares: ?Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.? - 1801

March 4