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On this day in Labor History

April 27, 1825
First strike for 10 hour day, by Boston carpenters - 1825
May 26, 1824
Men and women weavers in Pawtucket, R.I. stage nation's first "co-ed" strike - 1824
August 3, 1821
Uriah Smith Stephens born in Cape May, NJ. A tailor by trade, in 1869 he led nine Philadelphia garment workers to found the Knights of Labor - 1821
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