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11 Oct, 2017

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11 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 11

The Miners’ National Association is formed in Youngstown, Ohio, with the goal of uniting all miners, regardless of skill or ethnic background - 1873

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 11

10 Oct, 2017

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10 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 10

Six days into a cotton field strike by 18,000 Mexican and Mexican-American workers in Pixley, Calif., four strikers are killed and six wounded; eight growers were indicted and charged with murder - 1933

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 10

08 Oct, 2017

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08 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 8

Thirty of the city's 185 firefighters are injured battling the Great Chicago Fire, which burned for three days - 1871

This Week in Labor History - October 8

07 Oct, 2017

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07 Oct, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - October 7

Joe Hill, labor leader and songwriter, born in Gavle, Sweden - 1879

The Structural Building Trades Alliance (SBTA) is founded, becomes the AFL’s Building Trades Dept. five years later. SBTA’s mission: to provide a form to work out jurisdictional conflicts - 1903

This Week in Labor History - October 7