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December 17

Int?l Union of Aluminum, Brick & Glass Workers merges with United Steelworkers of America - 1996

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December 16

Eight female bank tellers in Willmar, Minn. begin the first strike against a bank in U.S. history. At issue: they were paid little more than half what male tellers were paid. The strike ended in moral victory but economic defeat two years later - 1977

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December 15

California's longest nurses strike ended after workers at Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo and Pinole approved a new contract with Tenet Healthcare Corp., ending a 13-month walkout - 2003

December 15

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December 14

Some 33,000 striking members of the Machinists end a 69-day walkout at Boeing after winning pay and benefit increases and protections against subcontracting some of their work overseas - 1995

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December 13

Death in San Antonio, Tex. of Samuel Gompers, president and founder of the American Federation of Labor - 1924

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December 12

A U.S. immigration sweep of six Swift meat plants results in arrests of nearly 1,300 undocumented workers ? 2006

December 12