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Brazil: Autoworkers vote to continue strike
- Brazil
5 Sep 2008 - 09:20
9,000 workers striking at car plants in the south of the country have voted to extend their strike.
Youth workers say no to pay cuts
4 Sep 2008 - 14:16
Youth and community workers for local councils have rejected the employers offer of a below inflation pay "rise" of 2.45%.

London bus strike solid
- UK
31 Aug 2008 - 16:53
The Unite union says that its 24 hour strike at First Capital East Buses and First Centrewest Buses remained solid.
Guyanese sugar workers strike again
- Guyana
29 Aug 2008 - 09:12
Workers striking for higher pay shut Guyana's sugar industry for a second full day on Wednesday (27th August), seriously threatening sugar exports to the European Union according to the government.

Scottish council workers plan further strike action

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Australia: Journalists to strike against job cuts
- New Zealand
- Australia
28 Aug 2008 - 15:18
London bus workers to strike
- UK
28 Aug 2008 - 11:38
Korean three-year struggle against precariousness
- South Korea
27 Aug 2008 - 20:44
Coastguards in 48 hour bank holiday strike
- UK
25 Aug 2008 - 14:49

Psychologists protest against involvement in torture
- USA
22 Aug 2008 - 17:31
Gatwick and Stansted strikes suspended
- UK
21 Aug 2008 - 20:38
Bitter death in a chocolate factory
- Poland
20 Aug 2008 - 20:00
Council workers and civil servants strike in Scotland
- Scotland
20 Aug 2008 - 17:44
Tube strike called off after improved offer
- UK
20 Aug 2008 - 17:34

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An unofficial go-slow by airline workers has grounded a number of flights in Israel over the past week.

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Scottish council workers plan further strike action
Scotland faces more council strikes after local government employers refused to increase a 2.5% pay offer.

articles

The Battle of Cable St, 1936 - Joe Jacobs
Joe Jacobs was in 1936 a local Communist Party activist in London's East End. This is his account of his involvement in the famous defence of the East End against an attempted march by Mosley's fascists.

1968

1968 : - a chronology of events in France and internationally
A short chronology of the events which swept France in May and June 1968. Starting as a student revolt, the events culminated in mass workplace occupations and a general strike of 10 million workers.

Followed by a short international chronology.

Tea Break

Tea Break July 2008
First issue of an irregular workers' bulletin put together by users of the website, libcom.org. This issue focuses on the 2008 pay dispute over sub-inflation pay offers.