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September 23

A coalition of Knights of Labor and trade unionists in Chicago launch the United Labor party, calling for an 8-hour day, government ownership of telegraph and telephone companies, and monetary and land reform. The party elects seven state assembly men and one senator - 1886

September 23

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September 22

Eleven Domino's employees in Pensacola, Fla. form the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers - 2006

September 22

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September 21

National Football League Players Assn. members begin what is to become a 57-day strike, their first regular-season walkout ever - 1982

September 21

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September 20

According to folklorist John Garst, steel-drivin? man John Henry, born a slave, outperformed a steam hammer on this date at the Coosa Mountain Tunnel or the Oak Mountain Tunnel of the Columbus and Western Railway (now part of the Norfolk Southern) near Leeds, Ala. Other researchers place the contest near Talcott, W. Va. ? 1887

September 20

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September 18

The Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is formally founded at an Ohio convention, during a period of serious corruption in the union.

September 18