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Major Work Stoppages in 2016

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release, USDL-17-0180, February 9, 2017 In 2016, there were 15 major work stoppages involving 99,000 workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...

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How A Rat Balloon From Suburban Chicago Became A Union Mascot

Source: Max Green, WBEZ, March 8, 2017 Large inflatable-rats, with their claws out and lips curled into a snarl, have become a common sight on picket lines throughout the Chicago area. The balloons,...

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May Day protest: The history of May Day; why people are protesting

Source: Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group, May 1, 2017 Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in cities across America and across the world on Monday in May Day demonstrations. Considered...

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FORUM: The Right to Strike

Source: James Gray Pope, Ed Bruno, Peter Kellman, Boston Review, May 22, 2017 Unions are being strangled by laws that block workers from organizing, striking, and acting in solidarity. Becoming a...

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Nursing Home Workers Win Wage Gains with Credible Strike Threat

Source: Leah Fried, Labor Notes, May 26, 2017 After close to three years of negotiations, stickers and leaflets weren’t getting the boss any closer to a fair agreement. The master contract covering...

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The new American way—how changes in labour law are increasing inequality

Source: Mark Stelzner, Industrial Relations Journal, Early View, First published: 27 June 2017 (subscription required) From the abstract: How have changes in labour law affected income inequality in...

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Deadly Picket-Lines in US Labour History

Source: Paul F. Lipold and Larry W. Isaac, International Union Rights, Vol. 24 No. 2, 2017 (subscription required) Dead men tell no tales; that is, until the living give them voice. From 1870 to 1970,...

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The Disappearing Strike

Source: Doug Henwood, Jacobin, February 12, 2018 Strikes are labor’s most powerful weapon. But last year they fell to nearly an all-time low. The post The Disappearing Strike appeared first on AFSCME...

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The Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike

Source: Stuff You Missed in History Class, Podcast, February 7, 2018 (audio) Memphis sanitation workers stayed off the job starting January 12, 1968 in a strike that lasted for nine weeks. This was the...

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West Virginia Teachers Walk Out

Source: Sarah Jaffe, Dissent, February 23, 2018 Walking off the job for the first time in nearly thirty years, West Virginia teachers are channeling the spirit of their state’s historic, militant labor...

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The Lessons of West Virginia

Source: Eric Blanc, Jacobin, March 9, 2018 West Virginia’s historic wildcat strike has the potential to change everything. …. …. The Great West Virginia Wildcat is the single most important labor...

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Are More Strikes Coming? West Virginia Wasn’t the Only State Neglecting...

Source: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene, Governing, March 22, 2018 The issue that led West Virginia teachers to walk out may be boiling over elsewhere as states neglect workers’ benefits,...

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The Only Way to Survive Janus

Source: Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes, March 30, 2018 The snows were still flying, but for unionists, spring came early this year. West Virginia’s teacher uprising burst onto the scene like...

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Teacher Strikes Are Spreading Across America With No End in Sight

Source: Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg, April 2, 2018 One month after a teachers’ “wildcat” strike ended with a deal to hike pay for all West Virgina state employees, teacher strikes are spreading fast...

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Why workers go on strike

Source: M. Simms, The Conversation, March 23, 2018 The employment relationship – between employer and employee – is full of tensions, bargains and compromises. Even the most motivated employee has days...

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Labor Renaissance in the Heartland

Source: Lois Weiner, Jacobin, April 6, 2018 Red state teachers are reviving the labor movement’s core values: respect for democracy and the dignity of work. Related: The Teachers’ Strikes Have Exposed...

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The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care

Source: Ian Frisch, Longreads, April 2018 Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left. The post The...

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The Teacher Strikes Show That Workers Are Really, Finally, Fed Up

Source: Eillie Anzilotti, Fast Company, April 19, 2018 By walking out of their classrooms, U.S. teachers are part of a global uprising against low wages for the benefit of increasing corporate profits....

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Georgia Bus Drivers Joined the School Uprising and Paid a Price

Source: Rachel M. Cohen, The Intercept, April 22, 2018 The red-state school uprising is spreading to educators around the country, with teachers in Colorado and Arizona now planning walkouts to demand...

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Arizona Prepares to Strike

Source: Eric Blanc, Jacobin, April 26, 2018 Educators in Arizona are walking out today to demand better pay and full school funding. It will likely be the largest and most dramatic education strike...

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The Real Reason Behind Recent Teacher Strikes — And Why They’re Likely to...

Source: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene, Governing, May 10, 2018 It’s about much more than low salaries. …. In 26 states, average teacher salaries, adjusted for inflation, were less in 2016 than...

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Behind the teacher strikes that have roiled five states – Why non-union...

Source: The Economist, May 5, 2018 From a block away, the striking teachers camped out around Arizona’s capitol at first looked like a solid sea of red, the colour of their T-shirts and tents. On...

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Betting on the Working Class

Source: Eric Blanc, Jacobin, May 29, 2018 The nationwide teachers’ strikes are a reminder that the working class is still the most powerful agent for radical change. The post Betting on the Working...

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When Teachers Strike, Support Staff Has the Most to Lose

Source: Madeline Will, Education Week, May 29, 2018 The national spotlight on the strikes and walkouts this spring has been on the teachers themselves. But in the shadows was another group that’s just...

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Why Do Workers Strike?

Source: Martin Glaberman, Jacobin, May 30, 2018 Think conservative workers won’t strike? Think again. History shows it’s not workers’ ideas that count, it’s the conditions they face on the job. …....

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Before It All Melts Away

Source: Chris Brooks, Labor Notes, May 30, 2018 Will this spring’s wave of teacher strikes lead to stronger unions? Not if their unions return to business as usual. The motor force behind the strikes...

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American Attitudes Toward Teacher Pay and Protests

Source: Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, April 2018 The April 2018 AP-NORC Poll asked 1,140 adults their views on teacher pay and recent protests advocating for more school...

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Five Lessons from the History of Public Sector Unions

Source: Priscilla Murolo, Labor Notes, June 11, 2018 As public sector unions contemplate losing key rights under the law, it’s worth remembering that for much of their history, such unions organized...

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The Right to Strike: A Radical View

Source: Alex Gourevitch, American Political Science Review, Early View, Published online: 21 June 2018 (subscription required) From the abstract: Workers face a common dilemma when exercising their...

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Vermont’s Striking Nurses Want A Raise for Nonunion Workers Too

Source: Jonah Furman, Labor Notes, August 2, 2018 Especially for professional workers, when your main strike issue is pay, attracting public support can be a challenge. Savvy employers paint union...

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What’s Behind the Teachers’ Strikes: The Labor-Movement Dynamic of Teacher...

Source: Ellen David Friedman, Dollars and Sense, no. 336, May/June 2018 As we watch—rapt—the unexpected teacher insurgencies in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, Kentucky, and Colorado, we’re also...

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In the Pacific Northwest, the First Paraeducator-Led Strike of the Teacher...

Source: Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes, November 16, 2018 Paraeducators in Port Angeles, Washington, are on strike. In this year’s wave of teacher strikes, it’s the first one led by paraeducators. Teachers...

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Lessons from Teachers on How to Strike and Win

Source: John McGough, Labor Notes, October 15, 2018 Teachers across the country this year are breathing new life into the strike—galvanizing members and winning gains. These strikes are fueled by...

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Reminder: Strikes Work

Source: Hamilton Nolan, Splinter, December 4, 2018 After a nine-week strike, thousands of Mariott Hotel workers in San Francisco won a contract with significant wage increases and better benefits. How...

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America’s Teachers Are Furious

Source: Alia Wong, The Atlantic, January 22, 2019 From West Virginia to Los Angeles, educators are ushering in a new era of labor activism. Related: Political payback for the statewide teacher walkout?...

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Sickouts and Strike Threats Stopped the Government Shutdown

Source: Ben Beckett, Jacobin, January 25, 2019 Just last night, there was no end to the government shutdown in sight. But when airport workers started calling in sick and raising the threat of a...

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Red State Strikes and the Roots of Teacher Militancy

Source: Jon Shelton, LAWCHA: The Labor and Working-Class History Association Newsletter, 2018 …. These strikes were among the most important victories in the US in recent history, a clear victory for...

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Everything You Need to Know About General Strikes

Source: Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, No Class, January 24, 2019 The word strike seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. Workers across the world have been striking to protest poor working conditions, to...

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Seattle General Strike: Labor’s Most Spectacular Revolt

Source: Cal Winslow, Labor Notes, February 6, 2019 On February 6, 1919, Seattle’s workers struck—all of them. In doing so they took control of the city. The strike was in support of 35,000 shipyard...

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Why the Seattle General Strike of 1919 should inspire a new generation of...

Source: Steven C. Beda, The Conversation, February 6, 2019 It shut down a major U.S. city, inspired a rock opera, led to decades of labor unrest and provoked fears Russian Bolsheviks were trying to...

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Denver City & County S.D. 1, CO: Terms of teacher strike settlement to have...

Source: Denise Rappmund, Gera M. McGuire, Alexandra S. Parker, Moody’s, Issuer Comment, February 20, 2019 (subscription required) The agreement, which ended a three-day strike, calls for a $23 million...

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The Strike As the Ultimate Structure Test

Source: Jane McAlevey, Catalyst, Vol. 2 no. 3, Fall 2018 As the labor movement has begun to show signs of a revitalization, we excavate a volume, long consigned to obscurity, from an earlier era. As...

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See Where Teachers Got Pay Raises This Year – Protests across the country...

Source: Daarel Burnette II & Madeline Will, Education Week, Vol. 38 Issue 36, Published in Print: June 19, 2019 More than a year after teachers across the country began walking out of their...

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Urban Regimes and the Policing of Strikes in Two Gilded Age Cities: New York...

Source: Richard Schneirov, Studies in American Political Development, First View, September 11, 2019 (subscription required) From the abstract: Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that during the...

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Thriving cities, challenged schools: teacher strikes highlight districts’...

Source: Helen Cregger, Denise Rappmund, Naomi Richman, Leonard Jones, Alexandra S. Parker, Moody’s, Sector In-Depth, September 17, 2019 (subscription required) Given enrollment declines, high housing...

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How to Strike and Win: A Labor Notes Guide

Source: Labor Notes, November 2019 From the introduction: A good strike is an exercise of power, not just a rowdier form of protest. There is something you want, and a decision-maker who could give it...

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Walkouts Spread as Workers Seek Coronavirus Protections

Source: Dan DiMaggio, Saurav Sarkar, Labor Notes, March 26, 2020 As the coronavirus spreads, more and more workers who are still on the job are taking action to defend their health and safety and...

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New Labor Viscerality? Work Stoppages in the ‘New Work,’ Non-Union Economy

Source: Michael C. Duff, St. Louis University Public Law Review, Forthcoming, Posted: June 29, 2020 The COVID-19 work stoppages involving employees refusing to work because they are fearful of...

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“They’re Not Alone”: An Oral History of the Pennsylvania Faculty Strike of 2016

Source: Gordon Mantler, Rachel Riedner, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2020(subscription required) From the abstract: In 2016, more than five thousand faculty...

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New Labor Viscerality? Work Stoppages in the ‘New Work,’ Non-Union Economy

Source: Michael Duff, St. Louis University Law Journal, Forthcoming, Date Written: June 28, 2020 From the abstract: The COVID-19 work stoppages involving employees refusing to work because they are...

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