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The union issued a rent strike in November for unsafe living conditions.
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Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
In the working-class neighborhood of East Flatbush, the new mayor stepped into the lobby of an old apartment building on Clarkson Avenue and met with tenants on rent strike.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Issues at Bowen Tower Barlow said that she and her neighbors were inspired to unionize after watching the Independence Towers tenant union successfully achieve better living conditions through a similar rent strike nearby.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
As Molly and Jake argue about the best way to confront the problem, Jake—in high dudgeon, waving his finger like a baton—makes the case for a rent strike, tearing up his rent check and calling for a building-wide protest.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
In the working-class neighborhood of East Flatbush, the new mayor stepped into the lobby of an old apartment building on Clarkson Avenue and met with tenants on rent strike.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Issues at Bowen Tower Barlow said that she and her neighbors were inspired to unionize after watching the Independence Towers tenant union successfully achieve better living conditions through a similar rent strike nearby.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
As Molly and Jake argue about the best way to confront the problem, Jake—in high dudgeon, waving his finger like a baton—makes the case for a rent strike, tearing up his rent check and calling for a building-wide protest.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Rent strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20strike. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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