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President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, providing, for the first time ever, guaranteed income for retirees and creating a system of unemployment benefits - 1935 Members of the upstart Polish union Solidarity seize the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. Sixteen days later the government officially recognizes the union. Many consider the event the beginning of the end for the Iron Curtain - 1980 photo: Gdansk Shipyard 1980. Protesting workers, photo: Erazm Ciolek / Forum Former AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland dies at age 77 - 1999 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services Comments are closed.
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