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December 27, 1877
Workingmen’s Party is reorganized as the Socialist Labor Party - 1877
December 28, 1943
President Roosevelt seizes the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. His decision to temporarily place the railroads under the “supervision” of the War Department prompts the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the wage dispute - 1943
December 29, 1936
Auto workers begin sit-down strike for union recognition at GM’s Fisher Body plant in Cleveland - 1936