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Work Stoppage/Strike Report Topics – Spring 2018
Here are recommended topics for your report. Begin your paper with a description of the strike – the industry involved; the strike issues; the series of events leading to, during and at the end of the strike. Conclude your report with a description of the impact or implications for the larger arena of organized labor and labor relations.
You will be asked to select your topic early in the semester – only two students may choose a specific topic for their report.
1886 May Day strike
1892 Homestead strike
1919 Steelworkers strike
1920 Miners’ strike (Matewan, West Virginia)
1934 Teamsters strike – Minneapolis
1970 General Motors strike
PATCO strike of 1981
1983/1989 AT&T telephone workers strikes
1989 Eastern airlines strike
1991-1998 Las Vegas Hotel/Culinary workers strike
1993 United Mine Workers strike
1997 UPS strike
2012 Walmart strikes
2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike
2015 U.S. Steelworkers (ATI)