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#OtD 13 Jan 1949 workers at Calvary Cemetery in NYC went on strike in the first recorded strike by Catholic laity against Catholic clergy. The cardinal—who wouldn't give workers Saturdays off—notably brought in seminary students as strikebreakers https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8478/catholic-cemetery-workers-strike