strikes
Today in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen’s strike
August 12, 2014On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
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Changing the balance of power between Capital and Labor
July 21, 2014The private appropriation of socially produced wealth is capitalism's central mechanism.
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Metropolitan Opera unions say they are being forced to strike
July 18, 2014Deep salary cut demands, which its unions say are unjustified, and a company threat to close down are combining to force members of the 16 unions to plan to strike, if necessary.
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Today in labor history: Start of the 1959 steel strike
July 15, 2014Members of the United Steelworkers of America went on strike against the major U.S. steel producers on July 15, 1959, the start of record 116-day steel industry strike.
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Britain: Biggest walkout in a generation
July 10, 2014Workers from many walks of life will join picket lines a day after Tories threatened to impose new anti-union laws if they win the next election.
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