While a social strike will certainly require wide participation by union members, U.S. unions are unlikely to join as a bloc — for example through the AFL-CIO — in a general strike.

These days, calls for a general strike are often the domain of “starry-eyed dreamers,” Dan DiMaggio noted in a November 2023 ...

These days, calls for a general strike are often the domain of “starry-eyed dreamers,” Dan DiMaggio noted in a November 2023 article for Labor Notes. But what makes the push stand out is who ...

In remarks about Iran, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was speaking to the American people, but also to an audience ...

The idea of a general strike — however realistic or unrealistic — has gained momentum in select activist and labor circles in the last few years as a means of changing the status quo in the U.S.

A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions around the country on Monday, including at its main ...

The general strike, called by Israel’s largest trade union, the Histadrut, ended early after a labor court said it must end by 2:30 p.m. local time, ...

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s trains and subways were disrupted, flights grounded, grain shipments interrupted, deliveries halted and banks shuttered as unions held a general strike Thursday ...

These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st-century United States.