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November 27

The pro-labor musical revue, ?Pins & Needles,? opens on Broadway with a cast of International Ladies Garment Workers Union members. The show ran on Friday and Saturday nights only, because of the casts? regular jobs. It ran for 1,108 performances before closing - 1937

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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. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door from which the women could flee was locked - 1910

November 26

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November 25

Teachers strike in St. Paul, Minn., the first organized walkout by teachers in the country. The month-long ?strike for better schools? involving some 1,100 teachers -- and principals -- led to a number of reforms in the way schools were administered and operated - 1946

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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