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August 1

After organizing a strike of metal miners against the Anaconda Company, Wobblie organizer Frank Little is dragged by six masked men from his Butte, Mont. hotel room and hung from the Milwaukee Railroad trestle.

August 1

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July 31

Members of the National Football League Players Association begin what is to be a two-day strike, their first.

July 31

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July 30

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Act, providing federally-funded health insurance for senior citizens - 1964

July 30

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July 29

The Coast Seamen's Union merges with the Steamship Sailor's Union to form the Sailors? Union of the Pacific - 1891

July 29

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July 28

Women shoemakers in Lynn, Mass. create Daughters of St. Crispin, demand pay equal to that of men - 1869

July 28

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July 27

William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union, died - 1869

July 27