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  2. Spicket Falls Historic District - Wikipedia

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    June 20, 1984. The Spicket Falls Historic District encompasses the historic industrial and commercial heart of Methuen, Massachusetts, and one of the lower Merrimack River 's best-preserved 19th century mill complexes. It is centered on the falls of the Spicket River, from which the 19th century textile mills of Methuen derived their power.

  3. Methuen, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Methuen (/ m ə ˈ θ uː ə n /) is a 23-square-mile (60 km 2) city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 53,059 at the 2020 census . [3] Methuen lies along the northwestern edge of Essex County, just east of Middlesex County and just south of Rockingham County, New Hampshire .

  4. 2022 United States railroad labor dispute - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 United States railroad labor dispute was a labor dispute between freight railroads and workers in the United States. Rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal in September 2022, but it was rejected by a majority of the unions' rank-and-file members. [2] [3] Congress and President Joe Biden intervened to pass the ...

  5. International Longshore and Warehouse Union - Wikipedia

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    www .ilwu .org. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union ( ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada; on the East Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshoremen's Association. The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 ...

  6. American History: 28 Worker Strikes That Were ... - AOL

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    1994-1995 Caterpillar Strike. Workers Involved: 14,000 Union members working without a contract since 1991 walked out in June 1994 for 17 months in a dispute over overtime pay, job security, and ...

  7. List of striking United States workers by year - Wikipedia

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    1910 Columbus streetcar strike. Philadelphia general strike (1910) 1911. Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911. 1911 Grand Rapids furniture workers strike. Louisiana-Texas Lumber War of 1911–1912. 1912. 1912 Lawrence "Bread & Roses" textile strike. 1912 New York City waiters' strike.

  8. History of union busting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1914 one of the most bitter labor conflicts in American history took place at a mining colony in Colorado called Ludlow. After workers went on strike in September 1913 with grievances ranging from requests for an eight-hour day to allegations of subjugation, Colorado governor Elias Ammons called in the National Guard in October 1913. That ...

  9. 1922 New England Textile Strike - Wikipedia

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    1922 New England Textile Strike. Reversal of 20% wage cut for most. The New England Textile Strike was a strike led by members of the United Textile Workers of America (UTW) principally in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. [4] Throughout the duration of the strike, an estimated 68,000-85,000 workers refused to work.