Employers lock out 25,000 New York City garment workers in a dispute over hiring practices. The International Ladies? Garment Workers Union calls a general strike; after 14 weeks, 60,000 strikers win union recognition and the contractual right to strike - 1916
More than 100 Mexican and Filipino farm workers are arrested for union activities, Imperial Valley, Calif. Eight were convicted of ?criminal syndicalism? - 1930
International Hod Carriers & Building Laborers? Union (today?s Laborers? Int?l Union) is founded, as 25 delegates from 23 Local Unions in 17 cities -- representing 8,186 Laborers -- meet in Washington DC - 1903