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Strikes include:   Lowell Mill Girls Strike (Massachusetts, 1830–40)   Slaves on Strike (The Confederacy, 1861–65)   The Eight-Hour Day Strikes (Chicago, 1886)   The Anthracite Strike (Pennsylvania, 1902)   The Bread and Roses Strike (Massachusetts, 1912)   The Flint Sit-Down Strike (Michigan, 1937)   The Oakland General Strike (California, 1946)   Lordstown (Ohio, 1972)   Air Traffic Controllers (1981)   Justice for Janitors (Los Angeles, 1990)","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50043124482321,"sku":"CIN1620971615G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50405863522577,"sku":"CIN1620971615VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51330727510289,"sku":"CIN1620971615A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53522184896785,"sku":"NLS9781620971611","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1620971615.jpg?v=1751057417"},{"product_id":"empire-of-timber-book-erik-loomis-9781107565036","title":"Empire of Timber","description":"The battles to protect ancient forests and spotted owls in the Northwest splashed across the evening news in the 1980s and early 1990s. 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