Late in nineteen thirty-five, workers at several General Motors factories began a "sit-down" strike at their machines to demand better pay and working conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

"Now that the economy has gone down and the tuition's gone up - the army,they can pay for my college, so might as well do it."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

This week,it was the Toyota workers who laid down tools and demanded higher pay.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24