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!["On the barricades on the Rue Soufflot, Paris, 25 June 1848 (1848-49)", a painting by Horace Vernet [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/juneDays.jpg)
June Days Uprising Begins (1848)June 23rd, 1848
On this day in 1848, more than 40,000 French workers initiated the June Days Uprising after the state closed National Workshops that provided work to the unemployed, causing 10,000 casualties and 4,000 workers to be deported to Algeria.
Image: "On the barricades on the Rue Soufflot, Paris, 25 June 1848 (1848-49)", a painting by Horace Vernet [Wikipedia]
Taft-Hartley Act (1947)June 23rd, 1947
On this day in 1947, the Taft-Hartley Act became U.S. law after a heavily bipartisan vote, greatly restricting the legal rights of organizing workers during an unprecedented wave of strikes after World War II.
Image: A massive 1947 union rally in Madison Square Garden. A large sign reads "MR PRESIDENT: VETO THE HARTLEY-TAFT SLAVE-LABOR BILL"