strikes
Low wage strikes and protests biggest in U.S. history
April 16, 2015Low-wage workers in over 200 cities, backed by the nation's unions, walked off their jobs or joined protesters yesterday from one end of the nation to the other.
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Today in labor history: The 1968 Memphis sanitation strike ends
April 16, 2015On this date in 1968, the Memphis Sanitation Strike came to an end.
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Oil industry obstinance on safety forces steelworkers to strike
February 5, 2015Oil industry obstinance, especially its refusal to even discuss worker safety issues, forced tens of thousands of Steelworkers to strike.
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Yale strike victory celebration looks to the future
February 4, 2015"Today it's your turn to step up to the plate and help other workers without unions organize, just as those unions stood with you 30 years ago."
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Tentative pact lets 18,000 Kaiser California nurses cancel strike
January 21, 2015"The pact shows the chain recognizes the nurses' devotion to assuring the highest level of quality care for patients as well as protections for the nurses who deliver that care."
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