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Detroit Newspaper Strikers Launch National Civil Disobedience Campaign

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Earlier this week, ten Detroit newspaper strikers were arrested in New York City outside the offices of the Rockefeller Foundation. After a strike lasting 18 months, the 2000 striking workers at the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press are now launching a nationwide civil disobedience campaigns against the board members of Gannett and Knight-Ridder, the owners of the papers. The newspaper chains are demanding the elimination of hundreds of jobs and the end of union representation at the newspapers.

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StorySep 18, 2019UAW Strike Enters Day 3 as 50,000 Workers Demand GM to Share Its Billions in Profits

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