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On this day, 30 October 1919, residents of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men demanded higher wages for their work, threatening to strike the following week if they weren't granted. The visually impaired men made brooms, whisks, carpets and other goods, and their home had increased the rent with no increase in their wages. They formed a union and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The boss told the New York Times that the men "like the rest of the world, have got strike fever". 
More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10337/visually-impaired-strike-threat

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