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Today in labour history
Today in Labour History
1845 France Beginning of a wage strike by carpenters in Paris. For the first time, soldiers are made available to employers to break the strike.
1865 United States of America Helen Marot, campaigner for working women, is born.[more]
1918 Ireland Women, organised by the Irish Women Workers' Union (IWWU), pledge not to "fill the places of men deprived of their work through enforced military service".
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