History

The scene of the action: a wildcat strike in Barbados - Constance R. Sutton

Submitted by Khawaga on Mar 9 2015 23:09

Constance R. Sutton's dissertation on the 1958 wilcat strike by Barbadian sugar workers.

When the union's the enemy: an interview with Cleo Silvers

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 23 2014 09:16

Cleo Silvers, a former organizer with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discusses racism in the labor movement with Andrew Elrod.

The BLSP dispute: the story of the strike - Ken Weller

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 16 2014 15:28

A detailed account and analysis of an important strike at the British Light Steel Pressings plant against job cuts in 1961, which was undermined by the unions and eventually defeated.

Standard Triumph strike: the full facts - Solidarity

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 16 2014 12:58

An account and lessons of the unofficial strike by 126 workers at the Standard Triumph Service Depot 24 April-14 June, 1961. Written by George Jacobs, Ken Weller, Tom Hillier and Jim Petter and published as Solidarity pamphlet 5.

The Teamsters wildcat strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:26

A short history of the militant nationwide wildcat strike of truck drivers in the Teamsters union against a union-management agreed pay rise of $1.10 an hour, which won a much bigger rise.

The national US Postal Service wildcat strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:01

Jeremy Brecher's short history of the successful nationwide illegal wildcat strike of American postal workers: the first major strike of federal government workers.

Akron rubber workers' struggles, 1933-1936 - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 4 2013 11:50
Strikers clash with police, Akron 1936

Jeremy Brecher's account of the struggles of rubber workers in Akron, Ohio, the centre of the American rubber industry. Growing disillusioned with the failure of the unions to improve their situation, the workers developed the sitdown strike.

Workers, employers and unions in the US sitdown strike wave, 1933-1937 - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 4 2013 11:25
Sitdown strikers at Flint, 1937

Jeremy Brecher's excellent history and analysis of the wave of sitdown strikes in US from 1933-1937 from their origins amongst Akron rubber workers to the great Flint sitdown strike and to their eventual co-optation by the CIO unions and subsequently in part the employers.

What happened at Fords - Ken Weller and Ernie Stanton

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 5 2013 18:10

Solidarity pamphlet 26 containing three articles about the defeat of the workers in a series of disputes at Ford from 1961 to 1965, and what workers can learn from it.

The US miners' strikes, 1919-1922 - Jeremy Brecher

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 22 2013 17:34

Jeremy Brecher's account of the strike wave in American mines from 1919 to 1922, where coalminers fought the bosses, the government and even the unions often pitched battles involving guns, dynamite and even a makeshift air force.