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Susan B. Anthony
Civil rights activist and suffragist Susan B. Anthony died at the age of 86. – 1906
A four-month UAW strike at General Motors ended with a new contract. The strikers were trying to make up for the lack of wage hikes during World War II. – 1946
IWW Labor organizer and recovering anarchist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was elected chair of the National Committee of the Communist Party, USA. – 1961
Labor Local 260 Houston negotiated its first contract with Pioneer Bus, ending dual pay scales for black and white drivers. – 1963
United Farm Workers (UFW) won a contract with the Christian Brothers Winery. – 1967
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