Broadway on Strike

This week the theaters on Broadway shut down and could possible stay closed for a while longer. Businesses around Times Square are also suffering because this time of year is usually one of the busiest. The loss of sales is estimated to be around 2 million dollars a day. The estimated loss could rise of they stay on strike the rest of the year. Most store owners are not as affected because a lot of people who pre-booked their trips are coming to shop instead of theater. John's Pizzeria has dropped 24 percent in business since the strike began. Hopefully they will recover with the tourists coming in for shopping. The strike will affect the decision making of many people who were thinking of traveling to New York this holiday season. Talks between stagehands and producers did not end well and resulted on the cancellation of 27 shows. Latest negotiations which happened announced Wednesday that the strikes could come to an end around Thanksgiving.

On September 17, 1913, mineworkers in Colorado went on strike. They went on strike for improves working conditions, better wages, and union recognitions. It caused a massacre called the Ludlow Massacre. Two women and eleven children were killed when a state militia attacked.