strikes – Page 80 – People's World

Philadelphia firefighters win contract after 4 years

September 12, 2013 By John Vago

Local 22, was awarded new contracts by arbitration three times. All three times Mayor Nutter challenged it in court. A successful mass petition drive this year to curb the mayor's power forced Nutter to back down.

Today in labor history: 1919 Boston police strike

September 9, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Nothing fueled the anti-union Red Scare propagandists more than the Boston police strike of 1919.

OUR Walmart shows strength in nation’s heartland

September 9, 2013 By Tim Steinhelfer

Growth of OUR Walmart in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan has been greater than all other states combined.

Across nation, Walmart workers protest illegal firings

September 6, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

Across the nation, Walmart workers struck again, and rallied with union and community supporters in some 15 cities.

Fight for 15 marchers rally in “right-to-work” Texas

September 5, 2013 By Texas Media Collective And Kelly Sinclair

AUSTIN, Texas - Despite temperatures pushing the century mark, striking fast-food workers and their supporters rallied for fair wages in the capital of this so-called "right-to-work" state on Aug. 29.