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New York Journeymen Printers
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Philadelphia Cordwainers (shoemakers) organize
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Commonwealth vs. Hunt
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US Civil War
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National Labor Union
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Knights of Labor formed
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40 year span of Labor Unrest 'starts'
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Panic of 1873 & Long Depression
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Great Railroad Strike
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Pres. Garfield Assassinated
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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KoL membership 700,000
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Haymarket Square
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AFL formed
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Homestead Strike
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Pullman Company Strike
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Spanish-American War
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Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) formed
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Peak Year of European Immigration to USA - 1.28 million
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Labor Unrest Abates
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Department of Labor formed
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Clayton Act
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World War I begins
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US Population reaches 100 million
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Bolsheviks gain power in Russia
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AFL membership > 4 million
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US Bureau of Budget established
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Railway Labor Act
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Wall Street Crash
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Norris-LaGuardia Act
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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Nartional Mediation Board
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Wagner Act (NLRA)
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Social Security Act
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CIO formation announced
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FLSA
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Over 4,300 Strikes in 1941
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4,750 strikes in 1945
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Taft-Hartley Act
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Korean War
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AFL-CIO formed
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Landrum-Griffin Act
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Exec Order 10988 - Federal Employee Unions - bargaining
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Gulf of Tonkin - Vietman War
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RICO
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OSHA
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ERISA
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Civil Service Reform Act
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Trade Union Membership Peak 13.2 million
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PATCO strike
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Change to Win Formed
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Union Membership 7 million