strikes
Today in labor history: May 13 a busy day !
May 14, 2013On May 13, over the years, mine workers unionize, dock workers strike, auto workers face give-backs, cab drivers go out.
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Today in labor history: 400 Black women strike over wages, conditions
May 6, 2013Writing in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois described the upsurge among Black women and men tobacco workers as part of the great industrial union organizing drives.
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Students strike vs. standardized tests, school closings (with video)
April 24, 2013High school students went on strike today, refusing to participate in the second day of standardized testing.
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Today in labor history: Several major strikes happened
April 1, 2013Hundreds of workers seeking higher pay and a nine-hour day gathered in the street near the Draper Corp. loom-making plant.
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SF Symphony strikers protest out-of-tune execs
March 22, 2013SAN FRANCISCO - Tired of prolonged stalling by management, over 100 musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - one of the country's top symphony orchestras - entered the second week of a strike with a March...
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