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October 4

Work begins on the carving of Mt. Rushmore, a task 400 craftsmen would eventually complete in 1941.

October 4

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October 3

Folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie ("This Land is Your Land", "Union Maid" and hundreds of others) dies of Huntington's disease in New York at the age of 55 ? 1967

October 3

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October 2

American Federation of Labor officially endorses campaign for a six hour day, five day workweek - 1934

October 2

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October 1

Twenty-one die when the L.A. Times building is dynamited during a citywide fight over labor rights and organizing.

October 1

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September 30

70-year-old Mother Jones organizes the wives of striking miners in Arnot, Pa., to descend on the mine with brooms, mops and clanging pots and pans.

September 30

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September 29

A report by the Labor Department?s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the average weekly take home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87 - 1962

September 29