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09/02/1630 |
General Court limits the wages in certain trades. |
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10/18/1648 |
Boston shoemakers establish a trade association. |
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1675 |
Labor dispute breaks out among Boston craftsmen. |
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1743 |
Boston bakers go on strike. |
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1790 |
Boston’s journeymen shoemakers form a protective association against master shoemakers. |
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03/15/1795 |
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association is established. |
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05/31/1821 |
Workers strike at Francis Cabot Lowell’s Waltham mill. |
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1825 |
Boston ship carpenters engage in an unsuccessful strike for a 10-hour work day. |
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03/20/1832 |
Boston ship carpenters strike for a 10-hour day. |
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08/04/1838 |
McNeill (George E.) is born in Amesbury. |
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