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04 Dec, 2017

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04 Dec, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 4

President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 4

03 Dec, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 3

Textile strikers win 10-hour day, Fall River, Mass. - 1866

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance setting an 8-hour workday for all city employees - 1867

IWW union Brotherhood of Timber Workers organized - 1910

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 3

02 Dec, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 2

A Chicago "slugger," paid $50 by labor unions for every scab he "discouraged," described his job in an interview: "Oh, there ain't nothing to it. I gets my fifty, then I goes out and finds the guy they wanna have slugged, then I gives it to ‘im" - 1911

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 2

01 Dec, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 1

The Ford Motor Co. introduces the continuous moving assembly line which can produce a complete car every two-and-a-half minutes - 1913

Kellogg cereal adopts 6-hour day - 1930

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - December 1