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Industrial Workers of the World is formed.
The militant wing of the labor movement forms the first union that welcomes all people, including women, immigrants and African-Americans. It will then play a major role in campaigns for free speech and in some of the time's most important industrial conflicts, -
Shirtwaist strike in New York
Workers in the garment industry, which is mostly formed by women, decide to make a strike against low pay, long hours, bad working conditions and discrimination for people unions. It lasts for almost eleven weeks until finally, employers give in to the most of the workers' demands. It also leads to the decision of organizing a multi-ethnic, immigrant and female workforce American Federation of Labor.