The Westmoreland County coal miners' strike, 1910-11
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 12 2017 18:25
Paper called Worker solidarity, judicial oppression and police repression in the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania coal miners' strike, 1910-11, by Judith McDonough, telling the story of a successful strike by 15,000 mostly Slovak migrant miners.
Pennsylvania: McDonald’s Guest Workers Stage Surprise Strike
Article about the conditions and resistance of guest workers in the United States.
1996-7: Philadelphians campaign against welfare cuts
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 26 2017 19:38
In 1996 state and federal welfare reforms threatened to leave hundreds of thousands of poor and unemployed under threat. A coalition of Philadelphian activists and homeless attempted to fight both state and federal welfare reform programs.
1965: Philadelphia Dewey's Restaurant Sit In
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 25 2017 03:13
After Dewey's restaurant began refusing to serve suspected homosexual customers three teenagers staged a sit down protest, possibly the first sit down protest in support of Gay rights. Their arrest lead to a campaign by local Gay activists against discrimination at the restaurant.
International Council Correspondence Volume 4, Number 3
Living Marxism/International Council Correspondence, Vol. 4, no. 3, May 1938
The Molly Maguires, 1850-1875 - Louis Adamic
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 14 2014 16:40
Louis Adamic's history of the Molly Maguires: a secret society of Irish-born mine workers in the US who terrorised the exploitative mine bosses of the time.
The Homestead strike, 1892 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 12 2013 22:20
Jeremy Brecher's detailed history of the 1892 strike of workers at the Carnegie Steel Company against the eventually successful attempt of the employer to break their union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers.
Pennsylvania Teachers Fight State Cuts, Consider Strike
Submitted by devoration1 on Dec 13 2010 00:42
The months leading up to the school year is known as 'Strike Season' for the education workers and teachers of Pennsylvania. Two nearby school district workers are fighting the cuts the school boards are trying to impose on them; at present through their union (National Education Association) negotiating teams- though the threat of striking has been made.
The great railroad strike, 1877 - Howard Zinn
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 19:12
Howard Zinn's short history of the biggest industrial dispute in American history by that time, shutting down half the country's rail network.
