Strike action
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Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in respons
Workers' agitation as portrayed in Strike by Mihály Munkácsy (1895)
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike. Painted by Robert Koehler in 1886.
Strike action (1879), painting by Theodor Kittelsen
Female tailors on strike, New York City, February 1910
Trade union
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A trade union or labor union, often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wa
Garment workers on strike, New York City, c. 1913
Poster issued by the London Trades Council, advertising a demonstration held on 2 June 1873
Trade union demonstrators held at bay by soldiers during the 1912 Lawrence textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Cesar Chavez speaking at a 1974 United Farm Workers rally in Delano, California. The UFW during Chavez's tenure was committed to restricting immigration.