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April 24

The Int?l Longshoremen?s and Warehousemen?s Union halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist who many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American - 1999

April 24

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April 23

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is founded through a merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major union congresses in Canada at the time. The CLC represents the interests of more than three million affiliated workers - 1956

April 23

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April 22

Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: ?They?ll Never Keep Us Down? and ?Working Girl Blues.? Cultural blogger John Pietaro: "Dickens didn?t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them. Her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause" - 2011

April 22