Vulnerable Akron: the first great sit-down - Rose Pesotta
An account by anarchist and union organizer Rose Pesotta of the 1936 Akron rubberworkers strike, which utilized the sit-down tactic. From the book Bread Upon the Waters.
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.
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).
Goodyear strikers offered new contract
Submitted by Ed on Dec 23 2006 15:44
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the union representing about 12,600 union workers in the United States tentatively agreed Friday to a new contract that would end an 11-week strike over health care benefits and Goodyear's plan to close a tire factory in Texas (previously covered on libcom.org here).
