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April 1, 2021
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: UMWA Goes on Strike at Alabama’s Warrior Met Coal

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
December 9, 2019

Ideas at Work: The International Right to Strike

October 15, 2019
Blog

National Hispanic Heritage Month Pathway to Progress: The San Antonio Pecan Strike

History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from the bottom up," studying the vital role that working people played in our heritage. Working people built, and continue to build, the United States. In our new series, Pathway to Progress, we'll take a look at various people, places and events where working people played a key role in the progress our country has made, including those who are making history right now. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, today's topic is the San Antonio Pecan Sellers Strike.

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