The movie Modern Times premieres. The tale of the tramp (Charlie Chaplin) and his paramour (Paulette Goddard) mixed slapstick comedy and social satire, as the couple struggled to overcome the difficulties of the machine age, including, unemployment and nerve-wracking factory work, and get along in modern times - 1937

Thirty-seven thousand maritime workers on the West Coast strike for wage increases - 1937

Workers win a two-day sitdown strike at the Brooklyn electric plant that powers the city's entire subway system - 1937