Employers lock out 25,000 New York City garment workers in a dispute over hiring practices. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union calls a general strike; after 14 weeks, 60,000 strikers win union recognition and the contractual right to strike - 1916

Teacher unionists gather at the City Club on Plymouth Court in Chicago to form a new national union: the American Federation of Teachers – 1916

Senators and congressmen who don't own cars are forced to walk to work when street motormen and conductors strike for higher wages (.30/hr) and a 9-hour day. Among the labor leaders who arrive to conduct the strike are Mother Jones and officials of the American Federation of Labor.