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Harley-Davidson announced on February 16, 2007, that it had reached a labor agreement with union workers at its largest manufacturing plant, a breakthrough in the two-week-old strike. [106] The strike disrupted Harley-Davidson's national production and was felt in Wisconsin, where 440 employees were laid off, and many Harley suppliers also laid ...
The Farah strike (1972–1974) was a labor strike by the employees of Farah Manufacturing Company, a clothing company in El Paso, Texas and New Mexico.The strike started at the Farah plant in San Antonio in 1972 when the Hispanic women, called Chicanas, led by Sylvia M. Trevino, at the company demanded a labor union formation to fight for better working conditions.
The London matchgirls strike of 1888 was a strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory in Bow, London. The strike was prompted by the poor working conditions in the match factory, including fourteen-hour work days, poor pay, excessive fines, and the severe health complications of working with yellow (or white ...
In Pictures: Country’s biggest day of strike action for a decade. PA. February 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM. In the biggest mass strike in a decade, up to half a million workers were taking action in ...
[3] [4] The strike began on September 15, 2023, when the union was unable to reach a deal with the three automakers. It was the first trilateral strike against the three automakers in the union's history. The hardline stance taken by the newly elected UAW president Shawn Fain contributed to the UAW's decision to strike.
September 11, 2001 is a day that still strikes sadness and fear into the hearts of Americans, ... If you've seen any images from 9/11, you're well aware of one thing — those photographs aren't ...
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Factory No. 7 is a factory building of the Harley-Davidson company in Milwaukee listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places. It was at this plant where the company invented and refined the automated system for casting and milling engine parts and wheel hubs for their motorcycles, which helped to secure the company's position as a leader in motorcycle ...
Kerry Washington and filmmaker Tyler Perry join for "The Six Triple Eight" to highlight WWII's only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit overseas.