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Show Early Strikes in America The first recorded strike In Amer-ea Amer-ea took place In 1741, when New York bakers quit work as a protest against a municipal ordinance regulating reg-ulating the price of bread. The earliest known strike for higher wages took place In 1780, when the Philadelphia printers ceased work as a means of enforcing their demand de-mand for a minimum weekly wage of $0. The first organized strike In America took plncc in 1799, when the shoemakers, belonging to the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwalners, were compelled to lay down their tools In order to aid the bootmakers who were seeking an Increase In wages. |