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May 20

The Railway Labor Act took effect today. It was the first federal legislation protecting workers? rights to form unions - 1926 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933

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May 19

Explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn. kills 184 miners - 1902 Shootout in Matewan, W. Va. between striking union miners (led by Police Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents. Ten died, including seven agents - 1920

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May 18

In what may have been baseball?s first labor strike, the Detroit Tigers refuse to play after team leader Ty Cobb is suspended: he went into the stands and beat a fan who had been heckling him. Cobb was reinstated and the Tigers went back to work after the team manager?s failed attempt to replace the players with a local college team: their pitcher gave up 24 runs - 1912

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May 17

First women?s anti-slavery conference, Philadelphia - 1838

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May 16

Minneapolis general strike backs Teamsters, who are striking most of the city?s trucking companies - 1934

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May 15

U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Samuel Gompers and other union leaders for supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis, where workers were striking for a nine-hour day. A lower court had forbidden the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey the judge?s anti-boycott injunction - 1906

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