The summer of 1978 brought unrest to Norwood, characterized by a firefighter strike against mandatory health programs and a tense court challenge over local election results.
Norwood Contract Negotiations Stall as Municipal Unions, Police, and Teachers Face Mediation-August 8, 1975
With contract negotiations deadlocked in mediation, Norwood municipal workers, police, teachers, and firefighters await salary resolutions as Town Manager John P. Mogan warns against potential illegal strikes.
Striking Leather Workers Return to Picket Line After Failed Conference-This Day In Norwood History-April 1, 1938
A tense labor dispute returned to Norwood’s streets in 1925 as leather workers resumed their picket line after talks with management collapsed.