Actors Equity is recognized by producers after stagehands honor their picket lines, shutting down almost every professional stage production in the country. Before unionizing, it was common practice for actors to pay for their own costumes, rehearse long hours without pay, and be fired without notice - 1919

15,000 silk workers strike in Paterson, N.J. for 44 hour week - 1919

35,000 Chicago stockyard workers strike - 1919