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July 5

During a strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company, which had drastically reduced wages, buildings constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson park were set ablaze, reducing seven to ashes - 1894

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July 4

Albert Parsons joins the Knights of Labor. He later became an anarchist and was one of the Haymarket martyrs - 1876

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July 3

Children, employed in the silk mills in Paterson, N.J., went on strike for 11-hour day and 6-day week.

July 3

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July 2

President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbidding employers and unions from discriminating on the basis of race, color, gender, nationality, or religion - 1964

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July 1

Steel workers in Cleveland begin what was to be an 88-week strike against wage cuts - 1885

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June 30

Alabama outlaws the leasing of convicts to mine coal, a practice that had been in place since 1848.

June 30