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On April 18, 1905, sugar workers in Puerto Rico went on strike in a coordinated action of 20,000 workers that build connections between agricultural and urban labor. Although this did.
On April 17, 1941, two New York bus companies and the National Negro Congress came to an agreement to end the NNC's boycott of city’s bus companies that had started.
On March 6, 1922, a group of sex workers in Veracruz, Mexico burned their beds and mattresses as part of a growing rent strike in that city. This became a.
On February 17, 2000, the AFL-CIO officially changed its stance on immigration. No longer would the labor movement in this nation officially oppose immigration. Instead, it moved to become one.
On January 15, 1964, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters signed the National Master Freight Agreement, creating a standard for conditions of its workers around the country. This was the peak.
On January 7, 1919, the maritime workers in Buenos Aires voted to go on the strike. The culmination of years of radicalism, the state forces of Argentina responded by intense.
On November 20, 1536, the conquistador Hernán Cortés buys a bunch of silver mines and acquires between 100 and 200 Native slaves. This moment is an excellent entry point to.
On November 13, 1986, the Filipino labor leader Rolando Olalia was assassinated by military officers infuriated by the loss of dictator Ferdinand Marcos and their belief that the labor movement.
