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Slaves from Africa first imported to colonies
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First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City
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American Revolution begins
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Slave importation prohibited
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Seneca Falls women’s rights convention
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13th Amendment to the Constitution abolishes slavery
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National Labor Union founded
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First Labor Day parade in New York City
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Boycott of Pullman sleeping cars leads to general strike on railroads
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Industrial Workers of the World founded
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Ludlow Massacre of 13 women and children and seven men in Colorado coal miners’ strike
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Railway Labor Act sets up procedures to settle railway labor disputes and forbids discrimination against union members
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Stock market crashes as stocks fall 40 percent; Great Depression begins
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President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress
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Auto Workers win sit-down strike against General Motors in Flint, Mich. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters wins contract with Pullman Co.
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A. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to pretest racial discimination in defense jobs
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First two of 11 unions with Communist leaders are purged from CIO
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President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain
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Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
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Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance created within AFL-CIO
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More than 75,000 human service workers are unionized in Los Angeles County 30,000 to 50,000 working family activists take to Seattle streets to tell the World Trade Organization and its allies, “If the Global Economy Doesn’t Work for Working Families, It Doesn’t Work” 5,000 North Carolina textile workers gain a union after a 25-year struggle 65,000 Puerto Rico public-sector workers join unions Broad Campaign for Global Fairness pushes for economic and social justice worldwide Union movement orga
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Thousands of union members sacrifice their lives and health, and volunteer their time to respond to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C
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American Rights at Work, a national non-profit advocacy group, is founded to promote the freedom of workers to join unions and bargain collectively.