May 26 - The Mother of All Strikes
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May 26 - The Mother of All Strikes

2023-05-26

Today in Labor History, May 26, the year was 1824.  That day was the first time when women workers in the United States left their jobs and walked out on strike.  It happened at the Slater Mill, part of New England’s rapidly growing textile industry. 

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