strikes
Today in labor history: Rochester general strike
May 28, 2014On May 28, 1946, more than 30,000 workers in Rochester, N.Y., staged a successful one-day general strike.
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The Ludlow Massacre: Never to be forgotten!
April 18, 2014The tragic, brutal and deadly attack on striking miners and their families shocked, saddened and outraged working people and most Americans.
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Today in labor history: Steel workers walk off jobs in industry’s largest work stoppage
January 21, 2014On this day in 1946, some 750,000 steel workers walked off the job in the largest work stoppage in the industry.
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Plans to make Black Friday biggest worker mobilization ever
November 19, 2013Walmart workers, the nation's labor leaders, and community leaders from all across the U.S. announced plans to turn the busiest holiday shopping day of the year into one of the largest mobilizations of workers in U.S....
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Today in labor history: Supreme Court used Taft-Hartley Act to break a steel strike
November 7, 2013In 1947 the 81st Congress, controlled by Republicans for the first time since 1930, overruled President Truman's veto and rammed the Taft-Hartley Law through Congress, severely limited strike activities .
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