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March 13

A four-month UAW strike at General Motors ends with a new contract.

March 13

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March 12

Greedy industrialist turned benevolent philanthropist Andrew Carnegie pledges $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries in New York City -- barely 1 percent of his net worth at the time.

March 12

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March 11

Luddites smash 63 ?labor saving? textile machines near Nottingham, England - 1811

March 11

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March 10

U.S. Supreme Court upholds espionage conviction of labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs.

March 10

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March 9

The Westmoreland County (Pa.) Coal Strike ? known as the "Slovak strike" because some 70 percent of the 15,000 strikers were Slovakian immigrants ? begins on this date and continues for nearly 16 months before ending in defeat.

March 9