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#Workers-Rights

Events indexed under #Workers-Rights — 6 entries in the record.

6 events From Jun 1, 1835 To Mar 5, 2026 Open in filter view →
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1835 · 1 event1836 · 1 event1877 · 1 event1981 · 1 event2017 · 1 event2026 · 1 event18352026
DateEventLanesStatus
2026-03-05Labor Unions and Activist Groups Escalate May Day 2026 General Strike Organizing Nationwide
AFL-CIO · Socialist Alternative · Indivisible · Labor Notes · +1
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2017-12-18Great Northern Paper Bankruptcy Leaves 1,000 Maine Workers with Pennies on Dollar of Promised Pensions
Brookfield Asset Management · Cate Street Capital · Great Northern Paper Company
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1981-08-03Reagan Fires PATCO Strikers: Union-Busting Era Begins
Ronald Reagan · Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization · PATCO · Federal Aviation Administration
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1877-07-16Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Erupts Across Nation, Federal Troops Deployed Against Workers
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · Rutherford B. Hayes · U.S. Army · Railroad workers · +1
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1836-01-01Courts Prosecute Labor Unions as Criminal Conspiracies in 17 Cases Since 1806, Criminalizing Worker Organization
State courts · Labor unions · Employers · Prosecutors
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1835-06-01Philadelphia General Strike Wins Ten-Hour Workday for 17 Trades Despite Court Hostility to Labor Organizing
Philadelphia workers · Philadelphia City Council · Seventeen trade unions · Private employers
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