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November 9

Committee for Industrial Organization founded by eight unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.

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November 8

20,000 workers, black and white, stage general strike in New Orleans, demanding union recognition and hour and wage gains - 1892

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November 7

Some 1,300 building trades workers in eastern Massachusetts participated in a general strike on all military work in the area to protest the use of open-shop (a worksite in which union membership is not required as a condition of employment) builders.

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November 5

Eugene V. Debs - labor leader, socialist, three-time candidate for president and first president of the American Railway Union, born - 1855

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November 4

Populist humorist Will Rogers was born on this day near Oologah, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). One of his many memorable quotes: ?I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.? - 1879

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