Planned strikes against Siemens job cuts in Germany
Submitted by donaldo on Dec 2 2017 10:50
Siemens announces massive job cuts in Germany and worldwide. At the same time, the company is about to realise one of the biggest IPOs in German history. IG Metall trade Union threatens with strikes.
Union suspends bin strike again
Submitted by QQ on Sep 25 2017 23:05
Unite union have suspended the bin strike again, after a court granted an interim injunction against the Birmingham council.
Council lies mean Brum bin strike extended til Christmas
Submitted by QQ on Sep 18 2017 13:41
Refuse collection workers in Birmingham have voted strongly in favour of extending strike action for a further three months.
An appeal to Bearded Broz: the Birmingham bin strike
Submitted by QQ on Sep 12 2017 15:23
The following is an appeal to the volunteer group Bearded Broz. I'm asking you to avoid collecting the bins while the Birmingham bin strike now enters its ninth week. Although I feel the points I make are valid no matter who say them, I should mention that I am not affiliated with Unite, nor am I a refuse collector. I am merely a resident of Birmingham who also happens to share a Pakistani background with many of you. Although I admire your proactive attitude, I believe doing the bin men’s work while they’re on strike can only have an adverse effect on our already neglected communities.
Artificial intelligence, unemployment and universal basic income: another panacea of the owner class - humanaesfera
How can AI concretely change capitalist society? And how can universal basic income be implemented in practice?
Union claims victory as Birmingham bins strike suspended
Submitted by QQ on Aug 16 2017 13:49
Birmingham's two-month long bin strike has been suspended following talks between the council and the Unite union via conciliation service, ACAS, with the union declaring a victory for its members.
The 1946 general strike of Rochester, New York
Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2017 14:39
A short history of the general strike in May 1946 in Rochester against the sacking of hundreds of municipal workers, written by Jon Garlock.
Spanish dockworkers prepare for strikes against job losses and casualisation
Submitted by Mark. on Mar 10 2017 00:11
Dockworkers' unions in Spain have suspended a series of one day strikes until March 17, the day after a planned parliamentary vote on opening up port employment to competition, with the threat of an end to job security and reasonable pay.
#CUB55 My part in their victory
Submitted by With Sober Senses on Dec 15 2016 19:56
Latest blog post from from The Word From Struggle Street a collaborative anti-capitalist blog from Brisbane. Here I make some personal reflections on my very marginal participation in the #CUB55 struggle and then some more general observations about the state of the trade unions and class struggle.
The Stepney schoolchildren's strike, 1971
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 09:49
A short account of a strike of 800 pupils in Stepney, east London on May 27, 1971, which successfully won reinstatement of a teacher who was sacked for publishing a book of pupils' poetry.
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