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November 27

1,200 workers sit down at Midland Steel, forcing recognition of the United Auto Workers, Detroit - 1936

November 27

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November 26

Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J.

November 26

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November 25

Some 10,000 New Orleans workers, black and white, participate in a solidarity parade of unions comprising the Central Trades and Labor Assembly.

November 25

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November 24

Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers International Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City - 1875

November 24

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November 23

History?s first recorded (on papyrus) strike, by Egyptians working on public works projects for King Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings.

November 23

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November 22

20,000 female garment workers are on strike in New York; Judge tells arrested pickets: ?You are on strike against God? - 1909

November 22