Today in Labor History December 16, 1977: Eight women in Willmar, Minnesota, launched the first bank workers strike in U.S. history. They were protesting sexual discrimination like unequal pay and treatment. They picketed outside the bank when the wind chill was -70 F (-57 C)
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