Remember, kids: Before you had your weekend, the workers had the general strike.
#GeneralStrike #WorkersPower #StrikeHistory #KnowYourClass
Uma história de 175 anos: da “greve ao serão” até às leis de Sá Carneiro e PCP
Em Portugal, a primeira greve industrial terá ocorrido em 1849, mas foi preciso um longo processo de avanços e recuos para esse direito estar inscrito na Constituição.
Público“Time magazine concluded that the strike '. . . underscores the helplessness of government in the face of organized, even if nonviolent, lawlessness.'”
#USPS #PostalWorkers #StrikeHistory #1uhttps://jacobinmag.com/2018/05/postal-strike-1970-wildcat-rank-and-file-unions/When the Mailmen Rebelled
In 1970, postal workers went on strike and provoked a national crisis for the United States government. Their rebellion holds lessons for labor today.