Akron rubber workers' struggles, 1933-1936 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 4 2013 11:50
Jeremy Brecher's account of the struggles of rubber workers in Akron, Ohio, the centre of the American rubber industry. Growing disillusioned with the failure of the unions to improve their situation, the workers developed the sitdown strike.
1974: Dissatisfaction at Firestone
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Nov 1 2010 06:48
Article on a wildcat strike at a Firestone tire plant in Des Moines and the union's efforts to get the workers back to work. Appeared in Free Flowing (April 1974)
1976: Rubberworkers Strike
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Nov 1 2010 06:13
Article on the 1976 strikes in the tire industry. Appeared in Free Flowing (May 1976).
