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Missouri became the 24th state.
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1962 President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain
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Civil Rights Act bans institutional forms of racial discrimination
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., during sanitation workers' strike
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Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
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Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act.
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Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act.
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President Ford vetoes Common Situs Picketing Bill; in aftermath Dunlop issues statement of resignation.
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1979
Douglas Fraser becomes first labor leader elected to board of directors of a major corporation (Chrysler) -
Pension Protection Act of 1987.
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Pension Protection Act of 1987.
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1989 Organizing Institute created
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the Imperial Food Products fire in Hamlet, North Carolina where, despite a federally approved state OSHA program, 25 poultry processing workers are killed, 49 injured.
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The Family and Medical leave Act is passed.
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"No Sweat" program enlists employers to help eradicate poor working conditions in clothing industry.
