strikes
Today in history: Supreme Court okays sit-down strikes
May 27, 2015In 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.
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LA, Long Beach port drivers forced to strike again
May 1, 2015The drivers demand that trucking firms recognize them as employees and bargain with them if they select the Teamsters.
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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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