A History of America in Ten Strikes
The thrilling stories of defining moments in labor history, told through two centuries of emblematic strikes
Documents Communicated to the Senate and House of Representatives
... strikes were instituted 46.52 per cent granted the demands of their employes ; in 13.47 per cent of the establishments partial success in attaining the objects for which the strikes were instituted was gained , while failure followed in ...
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Strikes and lockouts -Dairying ( May Subd Geog ) UF Dairying - Strikes and lockouts -Defense industries ( May Subd Geog ) UF Defense industries -- Strikes and lockouts Strikes and lockouts - Munitions industry ( Former heading ] ...
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
... strikes . Nation . 76 : 5. Ja . 1 , '03 . New way to treat strikes . Outlook . 67 : 133 . Ja . 12 , '01 . Personal liberty and labor strikes . J : Ireland . No. Am . 173 : 445-53 . Ο . '01 . Psychology of a strike riot . H. N. Casson ...
Labor Bulletin of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
... Strikes , Lockouts , and Boycotts . 24. UNEMPLOYMENT . Six weeks of strikes . In Survey . v . 29. p . 661 , 662. New York . Feb. 15 , 1913 . Notes on the garment strikes in New York . SPAIN . Conflicto de obreros y empleados de las ...
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Strikes and lockouts --Mexico -- Netherlands NT Ferrocarril Veracruz al Pacífico NT Dok- en Werf - Maatschappij Strike , 1900 Wilton - Fijenoord Strike , 1965 --Netherlands --Norway --Wisconsin NT Railroad Strike , Netherlands , NT ...
The Official Year Book of New South Wales
... strike maintained . 1912 . January . - Lithgow strike continued . Brief strikes occurred at Metters ' Stove Factory , Pelaw Main Colliery , and among interstate wharf labourers . February . Lithgow strike continued ; slaughtermen ...
Daily Intelligence
... strike activity during the last quarter of the year . During the first six months of the year more strikes occurred than during the first six months of 1918 or 1919 , and more than twice as many occurred in the first half of 1920 as in ...
Strikes in Europe and the United States
Comparison of strike trends (1972-1981) in eight EC countries and the USA - compares data collecting and measurement methods, definitions used, coverage and classification of data; covers strike frequency, number of firms and strikers ...
Strikes and Lockouts
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Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter
... Strikes and Lockouts . The Bureau of Labor of the Department of Commerce and Labor at Washington has compiled statistics of strikes and lockouts in the United States for the 25 years beginning 1881. The figures allow some very ...
An Introduction to the Study of Labor Problems
... strike . Labor terms such as " scab , " " strike , " " general turn - out , " etc. , were commonly used by 1809 , and by 1835 strikes had become so usual that it was said " strikes are all the fashion . " Not until 1877 , however , did ...
Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations
... STRIKES . Strike of Lancashire miners ; about 40,000 out , 12 Jan .; rioting with loss of life near Bolton , 25-28 Jan .; strike reported over 21 Feb. 1881 Strike in the potteries , 70 firms and 30,000 men , be- gun about 25 Nov. 6 Dec ...
Annual Report
... strikes " and " lock- outs " 16,367 4,903 Number of persons reported benefited by " strikes " and lock- outs 16,153 1,715 Number of persons worsted by " strikes " and " lockouts ' Total amount reported expended in support of " strikes ...
The American Labor Year Book
... strikes attracting wide attention were those in the building trades in Chicago from April to July , which practically paralyzed the building industry of that city for the time ; the oil and chemical strikes in Elizabeth , N. J. , and ...
Bulletin of Business Research
... Strikes and of Workers Involved , 1881-1936 URING the 25 years , 1881-1905 , there was an upward trend in the number of strikes in the United States with a marked increase in the number towards the end of the long continued depression ...
Sugar Central and Planters News
... strikes may be boiled , depending on initial syrup purities , no fixed purity strikes are made , but , starting with a strike of straight syrup grained on " seed , " all the molasses from this strike is boiled into the next strike ...
Biennial Report - State of West Virginia, Department of Labor
... strikes have occurred during 1901. All favor arbitration . Stogie Makers - Three reporting . All are chartered by their national trade organization . All pay strike benefits . All report the general condi- tions of their trade have ...
Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1912
... Strikes , a term applied to the concerted movements on the part of working - men to quit work unless their employers agree to some demand made by the men . The ... Strikes . Of the various ham , in command STRICKLAND'S PLAIN - STRIKES.
Biennial Report
... strikes , 2 ; establishments , 133 . ( 2 ) Cigarmakers , 219 ; strikes , 15 ; establishments , 17 . ( 3 ) Glass blowers , 1,231 ; strikes , 18 ; establishments , 24 . ( 4 ) Glass workers , 192 ; strikes , 3 ; establishments , 3 . ( 5 ) ...