Major supermarket chain workers start strike across 4 cities
Supermarket workers in four cities are fighting against understaffed stores, changes to health benefits, and insufficient wage increases.
“The U.S. has one of the most violent labor histories in the world,” says Judith Stepan-Norris, a research professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, and an expert on the U.S. labor movement.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, workers who struck were at risk of violence from police or even people hired by their employers. When strikes failed, they could lose their jobs or get in line behind replacement workers for a position.
