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The Pullman Strike and the Courts' War on Labor in 1894 In 1894 a railroad boycott led by Eugene Debs was crushed by a federal injunction and Army troops. How the courts became labor's chief opponent, and what it took to change that. The Treaty of Detroit and the Bargain That Built the Blue-Collar Middle Class The 1950 five-year UAW-GM contract traded labor peace for pensions, health coverage and steady raises. How that bargain built a middle class, and why it came apart. The UAW's Stand Up Strike Against All Three Detroit Automakers In September 2023 the UAW struck GM, Ford and Stellantis at once, plant by plant. How the rolling strategy worked, what the contracts won and what other unions took from it. The Wagner Act of 1935 and the Right Most Workers Still Cannot Use The 1935 law that created the NLRB promised workers the right to organize. Here is who it left out, how its weak remedies work, and why winning a union is still so hard. When Reagan Fired the Air Traffic Controllers in August 1981 The PATCO strike ended with more than 11,000 controllers fired and their union destroyed. How it happened, and how it taught private employers that replacing strikers was acceptable.