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May 25

Pressured by employers, striking shoemakers in Philadelphia are arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy for violating an English common law that bars schemes aimed at forcing wage increases.

May 25

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May 24

After 14 years of construction and the deaths of 27 workers, the Brooklyn Bridge over New York?s East River opens.

May 24

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May 23

An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area.

May 23

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May 22

Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill. for role in Pullman strike - 1895 _(for more on Debs, check out [19]The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs __in the UCS bookstore)_ Links: 19. http://unionist.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cee310b2c78fa78985b76038&id=f4be4d557e&e=7eab64386f

May 22

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May 21

Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely believed to have been framed for murder, go on trial today. They eventually are executed as part of a government campaign against dissidents ? 1921

May 21

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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

May 20