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Strikes: United States
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Auto-Lite strike: Connexipedia Article Article A strike against the Electric Auto-Lite company of Toledo, Ohio, from April 12 to June 3, 1934. Battle of Blair Mountain: Connexipedia Article Article In 1921 between 10,000 and 15,000 coal miners confronted company-paid private detectives in an effort to unionize the southwestern West Virginia mine counties. Battle of Matewan: Connexipedia Article Article A shootout in the coal company town of Matewan, West Virginia on May 19, 1920. Bay View Massacre: Connexipedia Article Article A massacre of demonstrators by the Wisconsin National Guard. Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974: Connexipedia Article Article 1974 A 28-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, Black Workers, Fordism and the UAW: Book Review of Bates's "The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford" Feeley, Dianne Article 2014 A book review of Beth Tompkins Bates's analysis of how the automotive industry provided an opportunity for African Americans to fight for equal working rights, unionize, and forge an alliance with whi... Bread and Roses: Connexipedia Article Article The slogan "Bread and Roses" originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in The American Magazine in December 1911, which attributed it to "the women in the West." It is commonly a... Buffalo switchmen's strike: Connexipedia Article Article A strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo, New York. La Causa: The California Grape Strike Fusco, Paul (photos); Horwitz, George D. (text) Book 1970 A documentary of the California grape workers' strike. Centralia Massacre: Connexipedia Article Article A violent and bloody incident that occurred in the town of Centralia, Washington on November 11, 1919 during a parade celebrating the first anniversary of Armistice Day. Coal Strike of 1902: Connexipedia Article Article A strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Columbine Mine massacre: Connexipedia Article Article A conflict in which police and mine guards attacked striking coal miners with machine guns. The Communist Party and socialists during the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike Keeran, Roger Article 1934 About radicals involvement in the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike. Connexions: Volume 9, Number 1 - Spring 1984 - Energy - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894: Connexipedia Article Article A five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. Cry for "Bread & Roses" Still Resonates: 100 Years After the Lawrence Strike Early, Steve Article 2012 When worker solidarity prevailed over corporate power in the icy streets of Lawrence a century ago, it made the promise of a better life real for many. The Bread and Roses strike became a consciousnes... Delusions of the Tech Bro Intelligentsia Frase, Peter Article 2013 With employees of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system on strike, the Silicon Valley tech elite has reminded us all that despite their enlightened Bay Area lifestyles, they are still, at root, a bunch of... Detroit Politics Embroiled: Against The Current vol. 134 Finkel, David Article 2008 Detroit is a city entangled in a chain of interlocking crises, all the way from the world economic crisis, to deindustrialization in America, down to the regional and local levels of the housing marke... Detroit Symphony Musicians on Strike: Against The Current vol. 150 Feeley, Dianne Article 2011 The musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have been on strike since October 4, 2010. Thirty-five concerts have been cancelled, while the musicians have organized nine magnificent performances wi... Eat Pray Love Strike: The Law of the Bargaining Table Macaray, David Article 2010 We admire underdogs, yet we do not rejoice when underdogs go on strike against corporate fat cats. We admire hard-workers, yet we do not embrace those who are, arguably, the hardest-workers among us ... Everything's on the Line at AAM: Against The Current vol. 134 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The strike of 3,600 UAW-represented workers at American Axle and Manufacturing plants in Michigan and New York has forced the idling of more than 40,000 workers in 30 GM plants and shut down a number ... 50 Years Later, Protesters in Texas Reenact a Farmworker Strike That Is Scarcely Mentioned in History Books Leanos Jr., Reynaldo Article 2016 In the summer of 1966, hundreds of farm workers in Texas marched from Rio Grande City to Austin -- almost 500 miles over 90 days -- to demand change. They weren’t asking for anything fancy. They wante... Flint and the Rewriting of History Dollinger, Sol Article 1996 The 1937 sitdown strikes were a thunderbolt shattering minimal labor-management relations. The victory of the Flint auto workers heralded the most profound social changes in the United States since th... Flint Sit-Down Strike: Connexipedia Article Article Changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major union and led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry. The Flint sit-down strike, 1936-1937: Jeremy Brecher Steven Article 2013 210,000 auto workers joined the American Federation of Labor (A.F.L.) to take part in the strike but the A.F.L leadership however wanted no part in a strike, and managed to postpone it again and again... 45 Days of Solidarity: How Verizon workers outmatched the country's largest telecommunications company. Katch, Danny Article 2016 The strike by 39,000 Verizon workers -- members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) -- ended after forty-five days with a tentativ... From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Miners inspired Marxist-Humanism Dunayevskaya, Raya Article 2015 The dialectic of the 1949-50 Miners' General Strike, as it transformed from a Lewis-authorized strike that already had lasted some six months into a challenge to John L. Lewis himself, laid the ground... Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite  Levine, Bruce E. Book 2011 Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, ener... Martin and Jessie Glaberman Collection: Papers, 1939-2001 Glaberman, Martin & Jessie Unclassified The papers of the Marxist radicals Martin Glaberman and Jessie Glaberman, now housed at Wayne State University. Great Railroad Strike of 1877: Connexipedia Article Article Began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militias. Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886: Connexipedia Article Article A strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. Haymarket affair: Connexipedia Article Article Disturbance that took place on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square in Chicago. Homestead Strike: Connexipedia Article Article A labour lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. How Our Lives Have Been Changed: An interview with Kate DeSmet Article 1997 You understand that there's a "common union" and "community," which of course is where "communion" comes from. That's better than what I had before. The best writers write with their own voice; and i... Indianapolis Street Car Strike of 1913: Connexipedia Article Article The Indianapolis Street Car Strike of 1913, the Indianapolis Police Mutiny of 1913, and the 1913 Indianapolis Riots began as a workers strike by the union employees of the Indianapolis Traction and Te... Labor Scores at Verizon: Against The Current vol. 89 Douglas, Rachel Article 2000 On August 6 87,000 members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) struck Verizon Communications in twelve states from Maine to Vir... Labor's Disaster at American Axle: Against The Current vol. 137 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The 87-day strike earlier this year at American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) ended in a rout that has devastating implications for the organized U.S. labor movement. Begun on a snowy morning early Febru... Lattimer massacre: Connexipedia Article Article The killing of 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite coal miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1897, by a sheriff's posse. Lawrence textile strike: Connexipedia Article Article A strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. The strike is often known as the "Bread and Roses" strike, or, "The Strike for Three Loaves... Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike: Connexipedia Article Article Occurred as a result of rapid industrialization and consolidation of the mining industry. Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. Loosing Another Round: Against The Current vol. 135 The Editors Article 2008 The strike at American Axle, which we reported on in ATC 134, ended when workers voted to go back under a concessionary agreement. The 25% who voted no didn’t feel they were close to winning but they ... Lowell Mill Girls: Connexipedia Article Article Female textile workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. Ludlow massacre: Connexipedia Article Article The violent deaths of 20 people, 11 of them children, during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20,... The Making of Jericho Road: Against The Current vol. 132 Williams, Charles Article 2008 An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008. Matewan Sayles, John (director) Film/Video 1987 A film based on events in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920. Mine Wars Museum Opens, Revives Lost Labour History Todd, Roxy Article 2015 Mine Wars museum opens in Matewan to revive West Virginia’s labour history. Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934: Connexipedia Article Article A strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis. New Orleans general strike of 1892: Connexipedia Article Article A general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, that began on November 8, 1892. Newsboys Strike of 1899: Connexipedia Article Article A youth-led campaign to force change in the way that Joseph Pulitzer's and William Randolph Hearst's newspapers compensated their child labor force. 1934: American workers in revolt Ledwith, Sean Article 2014 In 1934 three mighty strikes brought the bosses and bankers to their knees and ushered in a new era of labour-capital relations in the United States writes Sean Ledwith The Oakland General Strike of 1946 Weir, Stan Article An account of the General Strike in Oakland, California. Port Chicago mutiny: Connexipedia Article Article A refusal by servicemen to load munitions in 1944 in the face of unsafe working conditions which had led to an explosion the previous month in which 320 sailors had been killed. Potrait of a Strikebreaker Horowitz, Roger Article 1995 It was hard to reconcile this affable young man with the picture he was presenting of himself as a narrow-minded careerist who had found strikebreaking was a fast track to advancement at Gannett. But... The Press and the Class Struggle: Against The Current vol. 131 Eidlin, Barry Article 2007 Early on the morning of August 19, 1997, the U.S. labor movement experienced something it had rarely known in recent years: a victory on a national scale. After two weeks out on strike, over 185,000 m... Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization: Connexipedia Article Article A United States trade union which operated from 1968 until its decertification in 1981 following a strike which was broken by the Reagan Administration. Puerto Rico's La Huelga del Pueblo Bernabe, Rafael Article 1998 AFTER FORTY DAYS on strike, several paros (one-day stoppages) in various government agencies and a two-day general strike, Puerto Rico's telephone workers have returned to work without attaining their... Rank and File: Personal Histories of Working Class Organizers Lynd, Alice; Lynd, Staughton (eds.) Book 1973 A collection of stories and recollections from labour movement organizers. Recyclers Battle Waste Management... and the Teamsters Union: With Friends Like These Bond-Graham, Darwin Article 2014 It’s 4 AM. The air is cold and damp on 98th Avenue in deep East Oakland, down along the San Francisco Bay’s industrial waterfront. This is a hard geography of concrete and dust and pot-hole riddled ro... Remington Rand strike of 1936-1937: Connexipedia Article Article A strike against the Remington Rand company. Review: Chris Rhomberg, The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor (2012) Baronowski, Bubba Article 2014 Review on Chris Rhomberg's book 'The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor.'
Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934 Palmer. Bryan D. Book 2013 A book on the Teamster's strike of 1934. The Russian Revolution Ninety Years After: Against The Current vol. 131 Mandel, David Article 2007 The October Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the most influential political event of the 20th century. But since history is written by the victors, it is not well known that October was the opening sh... Saint Louis general strike 1877: Connexipedia Article Article Generally accepted as the first general strike in America, the 1877 Saint Louis general strike grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The general strike was largely organized by the Knights of... Seattle General Strike: Connexipedia Article Article A general work stoppage by over 65,000 workers in the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington in 1919. Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. Shots All Around: How Four Roses Bourbon Workers Won Their Strike Becker, Richard Article 2019 Four Roses Bourbon Worked successfully striked over a two-tier contract proposal that would have given worse benefits to new hires. Slaughterhouse Fight: A Look at the Hormel Strike Boyce, Steve; Edwards, Jake; Wetzel, Tom Article 1986 Some Lessons of the Toledo Strike Muste, A.J. Article 1935 There will be no unions worth the name unless the militants build and maintain them. Without fighting unions the workers will presently be made the object of an attack which will make 1929-35 seem lik... Staley's Legacy of Struggle, Lessons of Defeat Hawking, C.J. Article 1996 Local 7837 should be proud to have chipped away at racism and sexism, setting an example for other locals to do the same. It takes an openness to risk criticism and allow the fight to be for everyone.... Steel strike of 1952: Connexipedia Article Article A strike by the United Steelworkers of America against U.S. Steel and nine other steelmakers. Strike Lessons from the Last Twenty-Five Years: Walking Out and Winning: Against The Current vol. 124 Early, Steve Article 2006 Labor's strike effectiveness and organizational strength have long been connected. Throughout history, work stoppages have been used for economic and political purposes, to alter the balance of power ... The Strike That Didn't Change New York Erickson, Megan Article 2013 The Chicago teachers' strike was a victory for workers around the country. But how do we move from homegrown resistance to a national movement?
New York City's 1.1 million public school children were... Strikes, List of: Connexipedia Article Article The following is a list of deliberate absence from work related to specific working conditions (strikes) or due to general unhappiness with the political order (general strikes). Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty Carey, Alex Book 1995 The twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially... Teamsters and Cops Palmer, Bryan D. Article 2016 Minneapolis teamsters in 1934 knew something we should remember -- police enforce the ruling class's unjust order. Textile workers strike (1934): Connexipedia Article Article A strike involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states. A Troublemaker's Handbook 2 Slaughter, Jane (ed.) Book A manual for workers who want to take control over their lives at work. In hundreds of first-person accounts, workers tell in their own words how they organized and struggled to do that. Violence and the Newspaper Strike Bernick, Thomas Article 1997 To those who still allow their anti-union biases and their exposure to employer misinformation to cloud their perception of reality, I would pose the following question: If the employer and its suppor... Vulnerable Akron: the first great sit-down Conatz, Juan Article 2013 Akron, rubber manufacturing capital of the world. A drab Mid-Western industrial city of 255,000. A city with a hum, a throb, anodor all its own. It made the front pages in February, 1936. A strike had... Want to Stop Trump? Take a Page From These Dockworkers, and Stop Work Cole, Peter Article 2017 On the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, many Americans wrung their hands. Some took to social media to express their discontent while others protested. But, perhaps, the most dramatic and important... West Coast waterfront strike 1934: Connexipedia Article Article The 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's Strike lasted eighty-three days, triggered by sailors and a four-day general strike in San Francisco, and led to the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of t... West Virginia Mine War of 1912-1913: Connexipedia Article Article A confrontation between striking coal miners and coal operators in Southern West Virginia Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910 - 1911: Connexipedia Article Article A strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America, is also known as the "Slovak strike" because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovakian immigrants. What Happened - and Didn't: Behind New York's Transit Strike: Against The Current vol. 124 Downs, Steve Article 2006 Early on December 20, 2005, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, representing some 33,000 of New York City's subway and bus workers, called a strike. When dawn broke, there was no public transport... When the UAW Was Young: Against The Current vol. 131 Feeley, Dianne Article 2007 An interview with Erwin and Estar Baur. The Willmar 8 Grant, Lee (Director) Film/Video 1981 Eight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar Minnesota, USA went on strike on December 16, 1977 over charges of sex discrimination. The tellers and bookkeepers were protesting unequ... The Working-Class Mini-Revolts of the Twenty-First Century: Low-Level Insurgencies Brecher, Jeremy Article 2014 The start of the twenty-first century has seen a continuing decline in union membership and strikes. But it has also seen the emergence of unpredicted mini-revolts. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesTom Wetzel's home page Wetzel's writing spans a range of topics... from libertarian socialism, anarcho-syndicalism and workers' self-management to unionism, social housing, environmental justice, philosophy, and Los Angeles... From the Connexions ArchivesThe Great Flint Sit-Down Strike Against G.M. 1936-37 How Trade Unionism was Won Linder, Walter Article A history of the Flint strike (1936-1937). |
