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July 14 - A Summer of Public Sector Strikes | Labor History in 2:00 On this day in labor history, the year was 1978. That was the day municipal workers in Cleveland, Louisville and Philadelphia walked off the job. That summer was rocked with public sector strikes, starting with a firefighters strike in Memphis. In Cleveland, municipal services came to a virtual halt...

July 13 Striking News in Detroit | Labor History in 2:00 On this day in labor history, the year was 1995. That was the day 2500 pressmen, reporters, drivers and clerks went on strike against the Detroit News and the Free Press. Both newspapers had created a virtual monopoly in 1988 by merging their advertising and circulation departments into the Detroit....