Rent strike
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A rent strike, sometimes known as a tenants strike or a renters strike, is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants agree to collectively wit
Cartoon for Di Varhayt captioned: "How the landlord pictures himself in the great rent war"
Rent strike, New York, 1919
Excerpt from Sept, 1965 Farm Labor Vol. 3, Issue 4.
Tenants union
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A tenants union, also known as a renters' union or a tenants association, is an organization where tenants collectively act to improve housing conditions, assert their legal rights, and influence hous
Rent strike
…goals, such as civil and political rights struggles, or an increase in social housing. Rent strikes are often undertaken by organised groups such as tenants unions. In these cases, tenant unions may establish a strike fund or other form of crowdfunding to help support strikers, particularly against legal threats…
Members of the Renters and Housing Union protesting in front of a real estate agency in Melbourne.
A tenant organizer on the left with her fist raised, addressing a group of tenants outside a Lower East Side building in December 1907
Tenants' strike, Buenos Aires 1907
The Red House eviction defense was an occupation protest.