strikes

July 29, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Fast food workers walked off their jobs and demonstrated in the thousands for a higher paycheck - $15 an hour.

July 28, 2015 By Larry Rubin

All are employed by huge corporations that have been awarded contracts by the federal government, and all earn poverty wages.

July 8, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On this date in 1966, International Association of Machinists (IAM) members across the country employed by five airlines went on strike.

May 27, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In 1940, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader that a sit-down strike was not a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

May 1, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The drivers demand that trucking firms recognize them as employees and bargain with them if they select the Teamsters.