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Formed nearby in 1827 as the first central labor council in the nation, the Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations is recognized as the beginning of the American labor movement. It represented workers as a class rather than by craft, advocated for the ten-hour day, and engaged in political activism and workers' education.
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