Strike
A 70th anniversary screening of radical labor film ‘Salt of the Earth’
October 22, 2024Revisiting the blacklisted 1954 film, a classic of labor storytelling.
Read moreMore than 30,000 Boeing unionized Machinist aircraft workers out on strike
September 16, 2024Among them were white workers and immigrants, adding to the wealth of the nation, not stealing family pets as Trump and Vance have claimed
Read moreRefinery workers’ patience running on empty: Detroit Teamsters strike at Marathon
September 4, 2024Marathon’s tank is full of profits, but workers’ wages can’t keep up with inflation.
Read moreUAW files federal labor charges against billionaires Trump and Musk
August 13, 2024Trump advocates firing workers who strike, a threat which is illegal under the National Labor Relations Act.
Read morePride and Billy Elliot: same strike, contrasting portrayals
July 5, 2024Both Billy Elliot and Pride are set during the pivotal 1984-5 Miners’ Union strike in northern England, where miners struggled for over a year against the implacable Thatcher government to win better working conditions.
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