1888: United Hebrew Trades is organized in New York by shirtmaker Morris Hillquit and others.
1997: Retail stock brokerage Smith Barney reaches a tentative sexual harassment settlement with a group of female employees. The settlement was never finalized: a U.S. District Court Judge refused to approve the deal because it failed to adequately redress the plaintiff's grievances.
2003: 3,300 sanitation workers working for private haulers in Chicago win a 9-day strike featuring a 28 percent wage increase over 5 years.