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May 3

Eugene V. Debs and other leaders of the American Railway Union are jailed for six months for contempt of court in connection with Pullman railroad car strike - 1895

May 3

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May 2

In Germany, Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions, part of his effort to ban any political opposition - 1933

May 2

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May 1

Eight-hour day demonstration in Chicago and other cities begins tradition of May Day as international labor holiday ? 1886

May 1

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April 30

The Obama Administration?s National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections.

April 30

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April 29

When their demand that only union men be employed was refused, members of the Western Federation of Miners dynamited and destroyed the $250,000 mill of the Bunker Hill Company at Wardner, Idaho ? 1899

April 29