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March 27

Mother Jones is ordered to leave Colorado, where state authorities accuse her of ?stirring up? striking coal miners ? 1904

March 27

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March 26

San Francisco brewery workers begin a 9 month strike as local employers follow the union-busting lead of the National Brewer?s Assn. and fire their unionized workers, replacing them with scabs.

March 26

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March 25

First ?Poor People?s March? on Washington, in which jobless workers demanded creation of a public works program.

March 25

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March 24

Groundbreaking on the first section of the New York City subway system, from City Hall to the Bronx.

March 24

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March 23

Five days into the Post Office?s first mass work stoppage in 195 years, President Nixon declares a national emergency and orders 30,000 troops to New York City to break the strike.

March 23

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March 22

Mark Twain, a lifelong member of the International Typographical Union (now part of CWA), speaks in Hartford, Conn., extolling the Knights of Labor?s commitment to fair treatment of all workers, regardless of race or gender - 1886

March 22