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April 25

The New York Times declares the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be ?un-American?

April 25

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April 24

The International Longshoremen?s and Warehousemen?s Union halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist whom many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American - 1999

April 24

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April 23

Death of Ida Mae Stull, nationally recognized as the country?s first woman coal miner - 1980

April 23

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April 21

New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signs Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike - 1967

April 21

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April 20

10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers? win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

April 20