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Labor
History
August
30
President Franklin Roosevelt's Wealth Tax Act increases
taxes on rich citizens and big business, lowers taxes
for small businesses - 1935
August 31
10,000 striking miners began a fight at Blair Mountain,
W.Va., for recognition of their union, the UMWA.
Federal troops were sent in, and miners were forced to
withdraw 5 days later, after 16 deaths - 1921
September 01
A three-week strike in Woonsocket, R.I., part of a
national movement to obtain a minimum wage for textile
workers, resulted in the deaths of three workers.
Ultimately more than 420,000 workers struck nationally -
1934
September 02
President Eisenhower signs legislation expanding Social
Security by providing much wider coverage and including
10 million additional Americans, most of them
self-employed farmers, with additional benefits - 1954
September 03
Twenty-five
workers die, unable to escape a fire at the Imperial
Poultry processing plant in Hamlet, NC. Managers
had locked fire doors to prevent the theft of chicken
nuggets. The plant had operated for 11 years
without a single safety inspection - 1991
September 04
Twelve thousand New York tailors strike - 1894
September 05
20,000 to 30,000 marchers participate in New York's
first Labor Day parade, demanding the eight-hour day -
1882
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