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April 18

After a four-week boycott led by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., bus companies in New York City agree to hire 200 black drivers and mechanics ? 1941

April 18

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April 17

The Supreme Court holds that a maximum hours law for New York bakery workers is unconstitutional under the due process clause of the 14th amendment - 1905

April 17

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April 16

An estimated 20,000 global justice activists blockade Washington, D.C. meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund - 2000

April 16

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April 15

Teacher unionists gather at the City Club on Plymouth Court in Chicago to form a new national union: the American Federation of Teachers ? 1916

April 15

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April 14

More than 100 Mexican and Filipino farm workers are arrested for union activities, Imperial Valley, Calif.

April 14

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April 13

Labor leader and Socialist Party founder Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned for opposing American entry into World War I.

April 13