PATCO strike (1981) — Bunk History

Reagan at a podium.

Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO

The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.

by Chris Lehmann via The Nation on March 21, 2012

Black and white photo of the dressmaker union on strike

Strike Waves Across the US Seem Big, but the Number of People on Strike Remains Historically Low

Many of the reasons for strikes now mirror the motives that workers had for walking off the job in decades past.

by Judith Stepan-Norris, Jasmine Kerrissey via The Conversation on August 24, 2023

How Air Traffic Controllers Helped End the Shutdown — and Changed History

It shows that labor still has some power, at least when public opinion is on its side.

by Joseph A. McCartin via Washington Post on January 26, 2019

Engraving of an attempt to start a freight train, under a guard of U.S. marshals during the great railway strike of 1886.

Historians' Letter to President Biden About Looming Railroad Strike

More than 500 historians signed onto this letter of support for the demands of railway workers.

on November 30, 2022

Lithograph of federal troops crushing an 1877 rail strike.

Freight-Halting Strikes Are Rare, and This Would be the First in 3 Decades

Some rail unions are resisting government pressure to accept a new employment contract, but history suggests the authorities will keep the trains running.

by Erik Loomis via The Conversation on November 22, 2022

State of the Unions

What happened to America’s labor movement?

by Caleb Crain via The New Yorker on August 26, 2019

United Mine Workers on a picket line.

The Past and Future of the American Strike

A new book tells the history of America through its workplace struggles.

by Richard Yeselson via The Nation on March 21, 2019

Other People’s Blood

On Paul Volcker.

by Tim Barker via n+1 on February 26, 2019

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