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Today in Labour History

1882 Australia Tailoresses' Association of Melbourne, Australia's first women's trade union, established.

1921 United States of America The Kansas National Guard is ordered to quell a protest by women, the "Army of the Amazons" going from mine to mine to dissuade non-strikers from taking their spouses' jobs in the Pittsburgh mines.

1941 United States of America 8 days after the Pearl Harbor attack, the AFL pledged not to organise any strikes in factories linked to national defence for the duration of World War II.

1952 Africa The French National Assembly votes on the Overseas Labor Code following the social unrest organized by the Trade Union Confederation of Dakar during the month of November.

1970 Poland Beginning of demonstrations and street fights in Slupsk and Elblag. Constitution of a central strike committee, bringing together workers from Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot.

1995 France The government withdraws its pension reform plan but maintains its reform of Social Security. The "defence of social gains" won.

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