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May 15, 1933
900 workers for the R. E. Funsten Company, a pecan-processing corporation based in St. Louis, held a strike from May 15 to May 24, 1933. The workers, consisting largely of black women employed at facilities in both St. Louis and nearby East St. Louis, Illinois, were organized by the Food Workers Industrial Union and were demanding union recognition, an increase in pay, and equal pay for both African American and white American workers. The strike ended in success for the strikers, though within a few years, the union had been crushed by the company.
Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Funsten_Nut_strike
May 2, 1933
In Germany, Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions, part of his effort to ban any political opposition - 1933
March 31, 1933
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps, to help alleviate suffering during the Depression. By the time the program ended after the start of World War II it had provided jobs for more than six million men and boys. The average enrollee gained 11 pounds in his first three months - 1933