On August 26, 1970, more than 20,000 women gathered in New York and across the country for the Women's Strike for Equality, calling for equal rights in the workplace, a repeal of anti-abortion laws, and free childcare. You know, all the things we've since achieved. Wait, what's that? We haven't? Not even the — but how…

Workers are on strike at the largest maker of sneaker brands including Nike and Adidas.

After a week of staring directly into Mayor Rahm Emanuel's soulless, inkwell eyes, the Chicago teachers union has resisted the tempting urge to blink and will wade into the second week of its strike. Schools will stay shuttered come Monday morning after union delegates declined to formally vote on contract settlements…

Since Monday, 350,000 Chicago kids who normally would be spending their day in classrooms crudely carving pictures of penises onto wooden desks are free to crudely carve penises on wooden things that are not located inside of a school building — their teachers are on strike. Let's take a terribly disappointing slog…

Chicago's public school students are almost certainly thrilled to have the day off from school today thanks to the Chicago Teacher's Union's ongoing strike, the first of its kind in a quarter century. But most everyone else — parents and city officials alike — is pretty pissed off.

[Dhaka, Bangladesh; September 14. Image via Getty]