Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016. 47-2152 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters. Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinklerfitters.
A contemporary hunger strike in Poland. A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food.
The National Rail Strike of June 24, 1968 (U.K.) Montreal Police Strike (1969, Canada) see also Murray-Hill riot; The President National Strike (1969, US) Unofficial strike by mineworkers over pay of surface workers (1969, UK) 1970s. Colour Strike (1970â1971, UK) Strike at Pilkington glass works in St. Helens, UK (1970). Inspired the film The Rank and File. National Student Campus Strike (1970, U.S.)also related to Kent State Shootings (May, 1970, U.S.) Salad Bowl strike (1970â1971, U.S.) U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 first U.S. nationwide strike of public employees; General Motors Strike (1970, U.S.)