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September 22

Eleven Domino's employees in Pensacola, Fla. form the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers - 2006

September 22

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September 21

National Football League Players Assn. members begin what is to become a 57-day strike, their first regular-season walkout ever - 1982

September 21

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September 20

According to folklorist John Garst, steel-drivin? man John Henry, born a slave, outperformed a steam hammer on this date at the Coosa Mountain Tunnel or the Oak Mountain Tunnel of the Columbus and Western Railway (now part of the Norfolk Southern) near Leeds, Ala. Other researchers place the contest near Talcott, W. Va. ? 1887

September 20

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September 18

The Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is formally founded at an Ohio convention, during a period of serious corruption in the union.

September 18

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September 19

400,000 to 500,000 unionists converge on Washington D.C. for a Solidarity Day march and rally protesting Republican policies - 1981

September 19

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September 17

Ninety-eight United Mine Workers of America members and a minister occupy the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Va., beginning a year-long strike.

September 17