Images from 1946 Rochester general strike Pictures from the 1946 Rochester, New York general strike, which happened in response to the mass firings of city workers attempting to organize…
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike Images from the 1946 Oakland general strike. Mostly taken from the University of California-Berkeley's online archive.
Images from 1934 Autolite strike Considered one of the most important strikes in American history, the Toledo Autolite strike is best remembered by its mass pickets and running…
Racial conflict and racial solidarity in the Alabama coal strike of 1894: new evidence for the Gutman-Hill debate - Alex Lichtenstein Alex Lichtenstein looks at the issue of race in an Alabama coal strike.
Rank-and-file rebellions and AFL interference in the affairs of national unions: the Gompers era An essay about the AFL and how they handled dissidents.
A martyr to his cause: the scenario of the first labor film in the United States The background and script to A Martyr to His Cause, the first labor film, made in 1911 in defense of the McNamara brothers,who were accused of bombing the Los Angeles Times during a labor dispute.
The Flint sit-down strike, 1936-1937 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's account of the great sit-down strike in the General Motors plants in Flint, 1936…
Akron rubber workers' struggles, 1933-1936 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's account of the struggles of rubber workers in Akron, Ohio, the centre of the…
The Toledo Auto-Lite strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's short history of the victorious strike at an auto parts plant in 1934, in which the unemployed played a key role in helping…
The US national steel strike, 1919 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's history and analysis of the huge strike across the steel industry in 1919, which was defeated by a combination of massive…
The Seattle general strike, 1919 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's historical account of the general strike and takeover of the city by workers in Seattle in 1919.
The US national railroad strike, 1920 - Jeremy Brecher A short history of the nationwide wildcat strike of US rail workers in 1920, which won pay increases…
