job losses

Archive of articles on job losses and working class struggles against them.

Fujitsu UK workers set to strike

Union members at Fujitsu Services have voted for strike action over pensions, pay and job cuts.

The action is not yet decided. Senior Unite union reps are meeting today to decide the next move after 74 per cent of members who voted called for a walk out. Some 92 per cent agreed to industrial action short of a strike.

Occupy the Crisis: The Emerging Student-Worker Direct Action Movement in California

A summary of the recent student occupation movement commissioned by the antioch rebel newspaper from a participant in the UCSC actions.

Ssangyong occupier jailed

A union member from Ssangyong Motors involved in the strike and occupation of the plant against job losses was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on Friday.

The defendant, identified only by his surname Kim, was tried as one of the ringleaders of the occupation of the company's Pyeongtaek factory.

The Suwon District Court convicted Kim of incurring 2.29 billion won (1.96 million USD) in damages to the automaker and destroying 10 million won worth of office furniture.

Union spin on bum deal for airline workers

Union PR machine paints rosy picture of unfavourable deal with management.

At the end of September, unions held a protest in front of the Ministry of the State Treasury concerning the restructurization and proposed dismissal of workers at LOT Polish Airlines. The first sign that something was not right was that almost no workers from LOT were in attendance.

Vodafone and Wind workers strike in Greece

Workers of Vodafone and Wind telecoms are going on strike denouncing transfers and forced resignation of employees in Greece.

Vodafone and Wind workers in Greece have called a 24h strike, the former for Wen. 14/10 and the latter for Thursday 15/10.

Military and federal police bust Mexican electrical workers' union

Late on Saturday night, around 6,000 Mexican police occupied the various sites of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, central Mexico's state-run electricity company. Immediately following the occupation, President Felipe Calderón issued notice of the company's liquidation, with the termination of some 44,000 jobs.

In the middle of the night last Saturday, President Felipe Calderon sent six thousand soldiers and militarized Federal Police to take over state power company Luz y Fuerza installations in Mexico City and the states of Mexico, Puebla, Morelos, and Hidalgo. Immediately following the takeover, Calderon issued an executive order closing Luz y Fuerza.

Tower Hamlets College strikers interview

The Commune interviews two participants in the September 2009 ESOL teachers strike in East London against job cuts.

Tell us about what unions workers are in, their organising capacity, and of their previous relationship with management

Tower Hamlets College strike ends in partial victory

After a month-long strike against cuts, teaching staff at Tower Hamlets College have voted to return to work.

UCU said it was "delighted" that an agreement has finally been reached.

UCU head of further education Barry Lovejoy said: "Our members have fought a tremendous campaign and UCU is pleased to have finally reached an agreement with the college.