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On this day in Labor History

January 24, 1888
77 die in Wellington BC Mine #5
November 11, 1887
Haymarket martyrs hanged, convicted in the bombing deaths of eight police during a Chicago labor rally - 1887
November 1, 1887
Thirty-seven black striking Louisiana sugar workers were murdered when Louisiana militia, aided by bands of "prominent citizens," shot unarmed workers trying to get a dollar-per-day wage. Two strike leaders were lynched - 1887
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