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This Day in Labor History: February 8, 1887. President Cleveland signs the Dawes Act, splitting up Indian reservations in order to create individual parcels of land and then sell the
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This Day in Labor History: February 7, 1894. Gold miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado walk off the job, leading to one of the biggest wins for workers in the Gilded
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This Day in Labor History: February 6, 1919. The Seattle General Strike begins. Let's talk about it! The Seattle General Strike began with a longshoremen’s strike, as shipyard workers protested
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This Day in Labor History: February 14, 1848. The U.S. and Mexico sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, with the US stealing the northern half of Mexico to expand slavery
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This Day in Labor History: January 29, 1834. President Andrew Jackson orders the U.S. military to suppress workers attacking each other over scarce jobs along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
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This Day in Labor History: January 24, 1848. Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Let's talk about how the California Gold Rush reflected the intersection of race, gender,
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This Day in Labor History: January 22, 1599. Spanish troops began their attack on Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. This incredibly violent incident and aftermath created a regime of labor
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This Day in Labor History: January 20, 1920. Filipino sugar workers on Oahu, Hawaii, went on strike to demand higher pay. Japanese workers soon joined and a cross-racial strike was
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This Day in Labor History: January 5, 1914. Henry Ford announced his famous $5 a day wage to his workers. But let's be clear; Ford was a horrible human who
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On January 4, 1977, Augustus Hawkins, a congressman from California, introduced what became the Humphrey-Hawkins Act. Let's talk about the fight for full employment and why we still need it
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This Day in Labor History: January 3, 1931. Farmers converged on England, Arkansas to demand poverty relief. This led to Will Rogers’ poverty tour and a greater national conversation about
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This Day in Labor History: A coal mine owned by Wilbur Ross near Sago, West Virginia exploded. 13 miners were trapped inside and only one of those survived the two
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