Sept. 10, 1897: Lattimer Massacre
Nineteen mineworkers were killed and dozens were wounded in the Lattimer Massacre.
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Sept. 8, 1965: Delano Grape Strike Began
The Delano grape strike began in California.
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Sept. 7, 1977: Panama Canal
Treaties were signed to turn over control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama.
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Sept. 5, 1917: Federal Raids on IWW
Federal agents seized records, destroyed equipment and books, and arrested hundreds of activists involved with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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Sept. 4, 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain Ends
The end of fighting at the Battle of Blair Mountain, which was the largest example of class war in U.S. history.
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Sept. 3, 1991: Fire at Food Processing Plant Kills 25 Workers
Chicken plant workers died when a preventable workplace “accident” trapped them in a burning building.
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Sept. 2, 1885: Rock Springs Massacre
White coal miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, brutally attacked Chinese workers.
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Sept. 1, 1946: Hawaiian Sugar Plantation Workers Stage Mass Strike
Led by the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU), sugar workers on 33 of Hawai’i’s 34 plantations went on strike, which lasted almost three months and led to substantial improvements in pay, housing, and working conditions.
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Aug. 31, 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the climax of two mine wars fought in the West Virginia coalfields.
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Aug. 28, 1964: Columbia Avenue Uprising in Philadelphia
The Columbia Avenue Riot began in the predominantly African American neighborhoods of North Philadelphia after an altercation with the police and continued for three days.
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Aug. 28, 1963: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Hundreds of thousands of civil rights activists marched on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Aug. 25, 1925: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was launched in New York.
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Aug. 15 and 17, 1973: Two Striking United Farm Workers Killed
Two striking United Farm Workers (UFW) were killed on Aug. 15 and 17, 1973, while picketing.
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Aug. 14, 1935: The Social Security Act Passed
Due to the results of the strength of organized labor and other mass movements of the 1930s, the Social Security Act was passed.
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Aug. 5, 1896: Polk County Massacre
White workers murdered Black workers in Arkansas who were coming to work on the railways.
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Aug. 3, 1981: Air Traffic Controllers Strike
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) declared a strike.
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Aug. 1, 1944: Racist Wildcat Strike Shuts Down Philadelphia
Not wanting Black coworkers to be given the same positions and pay, a contingent of Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC) workers staged a wildcat strike and withheld their labor.
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Aug. 1, 1917: Labor Organizer Frank Little Lynched
IWW labor organizer Frank Little was lynched from a railroad trestle.
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July 28, 1932: Bonus Army Attacked
The U.S. government attacked an encampment of Black and white WWI veterans with tanks, bayonets, and tear gas.
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July 22, 1877: St. Louis Rail Strike
Rail workers and residents of St. Louis, Missouri briefly took over the city as part of the wider Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
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