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October 29, 2026

Today in 1793
Eli Whitney submitted his patent for the cotton gin, an invention that reshaped American labor by accelerating the rise of the industrial factory system in the North and dramatically expanding the brutal plantation slavery system in the South. The fight to tame the conditions industrial labor wrought, in part, by the cotton gin, remains underway today.

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Applications for the Local's 2012 Scholarship Now Available
Posted On: Apr 02, 2012

Feb. 20, 2012 | An award of $8,000 in financial assistance to 2 college-bound students will be offered at our monthly meeting in May in Baltimore. Selected in a random drawing, the annual awards are presented to sons and daughters of Teamsters Local 355 members for use in pursuing an undergraduate degree at an accredited college or university of the student's choice. Click here for more information and to download the application.


 
 
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