On This Day in Working Class History
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3 June 1977: Bhilai massacre
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2 June 1975: St Nizier church occupation
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1 June 1981: Schlitz workers strike
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31 May 1989: CLR James dies
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30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
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29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
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28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
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27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
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26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
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25 May 1901: FORA founded
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24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
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23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
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22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
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21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
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20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
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19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
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18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
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17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
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16 May 1967: Hong Kong riots
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15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
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14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
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13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
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12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike
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11 May 1894: Pullman strike
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10 May 1941: strike of the 100,000
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9 May 1935: Kingston Dock Boycott
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8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
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7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
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6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
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5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
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4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
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3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
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2 May 2022: Eswatini textile strike
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1 May 1886: International Workers Day
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30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
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29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
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28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty
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27 April 2007: Liberia Firestone strike
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26 April 2020: Amazon Minnesota strike
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25 April 1945: Italy Liberation Day
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24 April 1980: Sabuk miners win strike
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23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
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22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
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21 April 1894: US miners strike
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20 April 1914: Ludlow massacre
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19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
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18 April 1945: Turin general strike
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17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
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16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
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15 April 1916: Domestic Workers Union
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