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On this day, 10 November 1933, the recently-formed Independent Union of All Workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota, voted to go on strike for better pay and union recognition. Union officials intended to use the strike vote to negotiate a deal, however as soon the workers voted in favour of action, they rushed from the meeting to the plant and began calling out their colleagues. The following day they occupied their plant, and within three days they had won. 
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