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Labor Events
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Right to bargain
President Jogn F. Kennedy gives an order that gives federal workers the right to bargain. -
Equal Pay Act
The equal pay act was passed to pay everyone equaly. It baned gender discrimination by genfer, everyone had to get paid the same. -
Civil Rights Act
This Civil Act bans any institutional forms of racial descrimination. -
MLK Jr. Death
During the sanatation worker strike, Dr. Kartin Luther King gets assassinated in Memphis, Tennesse. -
Ocupational Safety and Health Act
This act helped people have a safety plan if their work is risky. -
Coalition of Black Trade Unionist
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Labor Council for Latin America Advancement Founded
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Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
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AFL-CIO Executive Council calls for reform
In this call they wanted to reform the nation's immigration laws for undocumented workers -
Protest in Quebec City, Canada
40,000 union activists and allies protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada, the largest anti-globalization mobilization to date. -
Emplyee Free Choice Act
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. George Miller and in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Edward Kennedy. -
The Coalition for Labor Union Women (CLUW) celebrates its 30th anniversary
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Employee Free Choice Act is reintroduced
The Employee Free Choice Act is reintroduced into the U.S. Congress as bipartisan legislation, winning support from 182 House members and 37 Senate co-sponsors -
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored the rights of working women to sue over pay discrimination.
