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Strike Paper
A strike paper, strike bulletin or strike newspaper is a news publication started by participants in a strike action. A 1983 Finnish nursing strike started a strike paper to efficiently communicate with its members. In popular culture ''Papergirl'' by Melinda McCracken is a novel about a girl who distributes the strikers' newspaper during the 1919 Winnipeg general strike. Examples * ''The Citizens' Voice'' (1978–present), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania * ''Detroit Sunday Journal'' (1995–1999), Detroit, Michigan * '' Madison Press Connection'' (1977–1980), Madison, Wisconsin * ''The Baltimore Banner'' (1964) * ''Sōgi News'' (1932), Kyushu, Japan * '' British Worker'' (1926) * '' Evening Star'', Toronto * ''Guardian Express'' (1982-1985), Welland, Ontario * '' Seattle Union Record'' * '' Portland Reporter'' (1960-1964) * '' Green Bay News-Chronicle'' (1972-2005) References {{Portal bar, Journalism, Organized labor * Paper Paper is a thin sheet material produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strike Action
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 Working class, work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when Labour economics, mass labor became important in factories and mines. As striking became a more common practice, governments were often pushed to act (either by private business or by union workers). When government intervention occurred, it was rarely neutral or amicable. Early strikes were often deemed unlawful conspiracies or anti-competitive cartel action and many were subject to massive legal repression by state police, federal military power, and federal courts. Many Western nations legalized striking under certain conditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Strikes are sometimes used to pressure governments to change policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilize the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Worker
The ''British Worker'' was a newspaper produced by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress for the duration of the 1926 United Kingdom general strike. The first of eleven issues was printed on 5 May and publication stopped on 17 May after the official cessation of the strike. The principal objective of the newspaper was to circulate information and maintain the strikers' morale throughout the stoppage. History On 3 May 1926, the TUC General Council called a general strike in an unsuccessful attempt to force government action in the ongoing miners dispute over wages and worsening conditions. The printing press workers were among those withdrawn at the outset, effectively preventing the publication of most daily national newspapers (most London national newspapers continued in truncated form, with many local newspapers also producing strike sheets. The TUC, therefore, did not initially anticipate the use of a newspaper and instead issued bulletins, through its Press and Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strike Paper
A strike paper, strike bulletin or strike newspaper is a news publication started by participants in a strike action. A 1983 Finnish nursing strike started a strike paper to efficiently communicate with its members. In popular culture ''Papergirl'' by Melinda McCracken is a novel about a girl who distributes the strikers' newspaper during the 1919 Winnipeg general strike. Examples * ''The Citizens' Voice'' (1978–present), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania * ''Detroit Sunday Journal'' (1995–1999), Detroit, Michigan * '' Madison Press Connection'' (1977–1980), Madison, Wisconsin * ''The Baltimore Banner'' (1964) * ''Sōgi News'' (1932), Kyushu, Japan * '' British Worker'' (1926) * '' Evening Star'', Toronto * ''Guardian Express'' (1982-1985), Welland, Ontario * '' Seattle Union Record'' * '' Portland Reporter'' (1960-1964) * '' Green Bay News-Chronicle'' (1972-2005) References {{Portal bar, Journalism, Organized labor * Paper Paper is a thin sheet material produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Bay News-Chronicle
The ''Green Bay News-Chronicle'' (originally known as the ''Green Bay Daily News'') was a daily newspaper published in Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1972 to 2005. The paper was owned and operated by Denmark, Wisconsin-based Brown County Publishing Company during much of its existence, and competed with the larger and more established ''Green Bay Press-Gazette''. The Gannett newspaper chain, the ''Press-Gazette's'' parent company, owned the ''News-Chronicle'' during its last year of existence. History Early years The ''News-Chronicle'' launched on November 13, 1972, as ''The Green Bay Daily News''. The International Typographical Union had gone on strike against the ''Press-Gazette'', unhappy with the hot-lead-to-computer typeset changeover and other new technologies that the ''Press-Gazette'' and other newspapers were acquiring at that time, which the union feared would cost its membership their jobs. The ''Daily News'' was formed to bring in money for the strikers and to suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Monthly
''Portland Monthly'' (also referred to as ''Portland Monthly Magazine'') is a monthly news and general interest magazine which covers food, politics, business, design, events and culture in Portland, Oregon. The magazine was co-founded in 2003 by siblings Nicole and Scott Vogel. Nicole had previously worked for Cendant Corporation and Time Warner, and Scott had been a journalist at ''The New York Times''. Though the magazine had some trouble with funding in its first year, it grew to a stable circulation of 56,000 and by 2006 was the seventh-largest city magazine in the United States. The circulation as of 2024 is 41,890. The ''Portland Monthly'' has received generally positive reception in other new publications, including a mixed review of the magazine's first issue in ''The Columbian'', and subsequent positive reviews in ''The Oregonian'' and ''The Seattle Times''. Rachel Dresbeck wrote favorably of the magazine in her 2007 book ''Insiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon''. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Reporter
The ''Portland Reporter'' was a newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, United States in the early 1960s. It was founded by unions, which were calling on Portlanders to cancel their subscriptions to the city's two existing daily newspapers, as a weekly paper. Within a year, with support from various local and national unions, it had begun daily publication. It ceased publication upon the conclusion of the strike. It was reported to be the first daily newspaper established in a major metropolitan area of the U.S. Pacific Northwest in at least 50 years. Origin in newspaper labor dispute In 1948 the ''Oregonian'' vacated the Oregonian Building, its home of more than 50 years, and put itself in financial distress in the construction of its new building; this resulted in the sale of the newspaper to S. I. Newhouse in 1950. What was to become heated four-year strike began against both ''The Oregonian'' and ''The Oregon Journal'' began in November 1959. The strike was called by Stere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Union Record
The ''Seattle Union Record'' was a union-owned newspaper edited by Harry Ault. The paper was published weekly from February 20, 1900 to April 2, 1918 and was published daily from April 24, 1918 until it discontinued publication in 1928. In its own words, the newspaper was "Published for Principle and Not for Profit". History Harry Ault was instrumental in the temporary success of the ''Union Record''. Prior to working as the editor of the ''Union Record'' Ault worked for various other newspaper organizations. As a child, he worked as a Newspaper delivery, newsboy selling the ''Kentucky Post''. At 11 he started the ''Amateur's Friend'' and was selling the ''Weekly People'' the next year. He would later publish ''The Young Socialist'' and at age 19 became the editor of ''The Socialist (Seattle newspaper), The Socialist''. Nine years later, in 1912, he began to work as the editor of the ''Union Record'' which had a circulation of 3,000. The ''Union Record'' went daily on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welland, Ontario
Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, and Port Colborne. It has been traditionally known as the place ''where rails and water meet'', referring to the railways from Buffalo, New York, Buffalo to Toronto and Southwestern Ontario, and the waterways of Welland Canal and Welland River, which played a great role in the city's development. The city has developed on both sides of the Welland River and Welland Canal, which connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. History The area was settled in 1788 by United Empire Loyalists who had been granted land by the Crown to compensate for losses due to property they left in the British Thirteen Colonies during and after the American Revolutionary War. Tensions continued between Great Britain a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the ''Evening Star'' and was later renamed the ''Toronto Daily Star'' in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper reflecting his principles until his death in 1948. His son-in-law, Harry C. Hindmarsh, shared those principles as the paper's longtime managing editor while also helping to build circulation with sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photos. The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971 and introduced a Sunday edition in 1977. History The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking ''Toronto News'' printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarence Hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyushu, Japan
is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa and the other Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands. Kyushu has a land area of and a population of 14,311,224 in 2018. In ancient times, there is a theory that Kyushu was home to its own independent dynasty, where a unique, southern-influenced culture and tradition distinct from that of Honshu flourished. In the 8th-century Taihō Code reforms, Dazaifu was established as a special administrative term for the region. Geography The island is mountainous, and Japan's most active volcano, Mount Aso at , is on Kyūshū. There are many other signs of tectonic activity, including numerous areas of hot springs. The most famous of these are in Beppu, on the east shore, and around Mt. Aso in central Kyūshū. The island is separated from Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history. For six weeks, May 15 to June 26, more than 30,000 strikers brought economic activity to a standstill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which at the time was Canada's third largest city. In the short term, the strike ended in arrests, bloodshed and defeat, but in the long run it contributed to the development of a stronger labour movement and the tradition of Social Democratic Party of Canada (in Manitoba), social democratic politics in Canada. Causes of the strike There were many background causes for the strike, most of them related to the prevailing social inequalities and the impoverished condition of the city's working class. Wages were low, prices were rising, employment was unstable, immigrants faced discrimination, housing and health conditions were poor. In addition, there was resentment of the enormous profits enjoyed by employers during the war. Soldiers returning from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
