Jeremy Brecher on the huge, often unofficial, strikes which swept the US during and after World War II, despite the existence of union-enforced no strike deals.
An article by Robert M. Eleff detailing a 1916 strike which involved the IWW, in the Iron Range of Minnesota.
A brief account of some of the many violent incidents in the UK women’s fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, by Steven Johns.
Using the concept of the intermediate level, an exploration of what a new workers movement in the US might entail.
The first part of an account by Phinneas Gage of a wildcat strike by employees of a private mail contractor, and the difficulty the postal worker's union had in going beyond 'bargaining unit...
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