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10/24/1940 |
Fair Labor Standards Act goes into effect. |
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12/03/1942 |
Boston Symphony Orchestra becomes the last major American professional orchestra to unionize. |
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1945 |
Labor Guild of the Boston Archdiocese is established. |
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06/23/1947 |
Taft-Hartley Act is adopted in Washington, D.C. |
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10/27/1954 |
Colonial meatpackers are locked out by their employer. |
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02/28/1955 |
Labor demonstration is held at the State House. |
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11/06/1959 |
Newspaper strike hits Boston. |
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01/14/1964 |
National Basketball Association All-Star game is held in Boston. |
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06/30/1966 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center is established. |
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1966 |
Demonstration against abuse of migrant farm workers in California is held in Boston. |
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