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The Strike That Changed New York is a history book about the New York City teachers' strike of 1968 written by Jerald Podair and published by the Yale University Press in 2004. Further reading [ edit ]
NY Times Obituary; Podair, Jerald, The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-300-08122-7; Schierenbeck, Jack, "Part 6: Al Shanker's Rise to Power," Class Struggles: The UFT Story, United Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO, February 16, 1996 ...
1904 New York City rent strike; 1907 New York City rent strike; New York shirtwaist strike of 1909; 1912 New York City waiters' strike; 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike; 1919 New York City Harbor strike; 1937 New York City department store strikes; 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike; 1949 New York City brewery strike; 1949 New York City taxicab ...
Forty years later, Katie Quan still vividly remembers the pivotal garment workers strike in New York City’s Chinatown.
The 1872 New York City eight hour day strike was one of the first citywide strikes for the eight hour day in North America. More than 100,000 workers in total, across building and manufacturing trades participated in the strike. Initially it was successful in winning the eight hour day for many workers.
The U.S. postal strike of 1970 was an eight-day strike by federal postal workers in March 1970. The strike began in New York City and spread to some other cities in the following two weeks. This strike against the federal government, regarded as illegal, was the largest wildcat strike in U.S. history. [1]
1968 New York City teachers' strike; C. Central Park be-ins; Columbia Revolt; 1968 Columbia University protests; G. ... The Strike That Changed New York; T. 22nd Tony ...
A prison guard strike across New York, which has sent many state-wide correctional facilities into chaos, may soon see some officers exchanging their positions of authority for a cell themselves ...