San Francisco brewery workers begin a 9-month strike as local employers follow the union-busting lead of the National Brewer?s Association and fire their unionized workers, replacing them with scabs.
Toronto printers strike for the 9-hour day in what is believed to be Canada?s first major strike - 1872
First ?Poor People?s March? on Washington, in which jobless workers demanded creation of a public works program. Led by populist Jacob Coxey, the 500 to 1,000 unemployed protesters became known as ?Coxey?s Army? - 1894