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On this day in Labor History

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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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