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October 1The 150,000-member Insurance Workers International Union merged with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in 1980. October 4In 1887, the Louisiana Militia, aided by bands of "prominent citizens," shot 35 unarmed black sugar workers striking to gain a dollar-per-day wage, and lynched two strike leaders. October 6Women trade unionists held their first national conference in 1918. October 7In 1879, Industrial Workers of the World organizer, songwriter, and poet Joe Hill was born Joseph Hillstrom in Gavle, Sweden. October 12More than a million Canadian workers demonstrated against wage controls in 1976. 1898 - Fourteen were killed, 25 wounded in violence resulting when Virden, Illinois mine owners attempted to break a strike by importing 200 non-union black workers. October 18In 1943, the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee was officially dissovled and workers were given control over their own organization -- the United Packinghouse Workers of America. the UPWA merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen in 1968, which merged with the Retail Clerks to become the UFCW in 1979. October 24The 40-hour work week went into effect in 1940. Read more about the history of the work week Here!. October 24The stock market crashed in 1929, ushering in the 1930s Great Depression. Although it brought high unemployment and widespread misery, the Depression also led to vast social and economic reforms, including far-reaching labor legislation.
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