The following is a timeline of labor in New York City from the prehistory of New York City covering the labor of the precolonial era, when the area of present-day New York City was inhabited by Algonquian Native Americans, including the Lenape, to the colonial era, under the Dutch and English, to the American Revolution to modern day New York City.
Prehistory
- Algonquian communities practiced agriculture, hunting and fishing to sustain themselves.
17th century
- 1657: Burgher rights
- 1659: Baker's strike, concessions
- 1661: Baker's strike, suppressed
- 1677: Carter's strike and prosecution "for not obeying the Command and Doing their Dutyes as becomes them in their Places"
- 1684: Carter's strike in context of Leisler's Rebellion
18th century
19th century
20th century
* 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
* National Taxi Workers' Alliance
* Graduate Student Organizing Committee
21st century
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