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March 22

Mark Twain, a lifelong member of the International Typographical Union (now part of CWA), speaks in Hartford, Conn., extolling the Knights of Labor?s commitment to fair treatment of all workers, regardless of race or gender - 1886

March 22

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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