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Fare strike pamphlet against British train company First Great Western. A fare strike is a direct action in which people in a city with a public transit system carry out mass fare evasion as a method of protest. Jumping turnstiles, boarding buses through the back or very quickly through the front, and leaving doors open in subway stations are ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
Kroger Co. owned Ralphs Grocery Co. supermarkets grocery chain, pleaded guilty to hiring replacement workers during the 2003-2004 Southern California grocery strike. Federal District Court assessed Ralphs a $70 Million penalty: $20 Million as a fine, and $50 Million as restitution to reimburse striked workers and their union.
California's new minimum wage legislation is now in force. As of April 1, the Golden State has raised the minimum wage for employees at fast food restaurants to $20 an hour, aiming to improve the ...
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Workers across 540 Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores vote to authorize a strike amid impasse in bargaining over wages, safety regulations.
BART employees went on strike on July 1, 2013, over pay and safety issues. The strike was ended July 5, when both sides agreed to a 30-day cooling off period (which ended Monday, August 5). [124] A second strike began on Friday, October 18, 2013, over unresolved compensation and work rule issues. Management offered a 12% wage increase over four ...