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The Atlanta washerwomen strike of 1881 was a labor strike in Atlanta, Georgia involving African American washerwomen. It began on July 19, 1881, and lasted into August 1881. [ 1 ] The strike began as an effort to establish better pay, more respect and autonomy, and a uniform base salary for their work.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
1960 Writers Guild of America strike; 1961 1,450,000 1962 1,230,000 1962 New York City newspaper strike; 1963 941,000 1964 1,640,000 1964–1965 Scripto strike; 1965 1,550,000 1966 1,960,000 1966 New York City transit strike; Texas farm workers' strike; St. John's University strike of 1966–67; 1967 2,870,000 1967 US Railroad strike; 1967 US ...
Laundry is hung to dry above an Italian street. A self-service laundry in Paris Laundry in the river in Abidjan, 2006. Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, [1] and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures ...
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Image credits: afCeG6HVB0IJ #9. The Candy Bomber. After World War II, when Berlin was divided, the US and UK airlifted supplies into West Berlin to counter the Soviet blockade.
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American League of Colored Laborers established in New York City. [14] July 1851 (Australia) Eureka Rebellion in the Colony of Victoria, Australia. Eureka Stockade Riot by John Black Henderson (1854). July 1851 (United States) Two railroad strikers are shot dead and others injured by the state militia in Portage, New York. 1852 (United States)