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13 Oct, 2017

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13 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 13

American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all German-made products as a protest against Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany - 1934

More than 1,100 office workers strike Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers win union recognition and pay increases - 1985

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 13

12 Oct, 2017

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12 Oct, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 12

Company guards kill at least eight miners who are attempting to stop scabs, Virden, Ill. Six guards are also killed, and 30 persons wounded - 1898

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 12

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