Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor’s Last Century — Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the “counter girls” at the Detroit Woolworth’s during the Great Depression. Robin D. G. Kelley’s story of a movie theater musicians’ strike in New York asks what defines work in times of changing technology. [Publisher’s description.]
Published by Beacon Press, 2001.
Table of Contents
- Introduction • p. 1
- The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913-14 by Howard Zinn • p. 5
- Girl Strikers Occupy Chain Store, Win Big: The Detroit Woolworth’s Strike of 937 by Dana Frank • p. 57
- Without a Song: New York Musicians Strike Out against Technology by Robin D. G. Kelley • p. 119
- Bibliography • p. 157
- Acknowledgements • p. 171
