On May 30, 1925, police opened fire on workers and students in Shanghai. This began the May Thirtieth Movement, a major moment of anti-imperialist struggle in China and one that.
On May 25, 1806, the Philadelphia Mayor's Court ruled in Commonwealth v. Pullis. This is the first known court case in American history about a strike. Of course, being controlled.
On May 15, 1984, about 5,000 sugar workers around the town of Guariba, Brazil went on strike. This little known moment of worker resistance happened because of the terrible working.
This is the grave of Fred Hartley. Born in 1902 in Harrison, New Jersey, this person, responsible for one of the worst laws in American history, didn't grow up super.
Mother Jones did a long interview with me about the state of the labor movement, our labor history, and the idea of the general strike. I have to say, I.
On May 2, 1972, a fire started in the Sunshine Mine, outside of Kellogg, Idaho. The fire filled the mine chambers with carbon monoxide and other poisonous gas. Of the.
On April 25, 1923, dockworkers in San Pedro, California, organizing under the banner of the Industrial Workers of the World, went on strike over the horrible conditions of their work.
On April 23, 1927, a fire broke out at the Briggs auto plant in Detroit. It killed 21 workers. This terrible incident is a window into the racialized forms of.
