Chinese factory workers riot
Submitted by Django on Nov 26 2008 13:47
More unrest in China following further layoffs in the industrial heartland.
Unpaid textile workers clash with riot police in Athens
Submitted by taxikipali on Oct 23 2008 21:36
Textile workers from 4 factories of the Lanaras Industry marched in Athens to demand 4 months unpaid wages, delivery of funding promises by the state and recall of 1,200 layoffs. Efforts to enter the Ministry of Economics were met with police repression.
230 Sheffield steel workers to lose jobs
Submitted by Ed on Sep 30 2008 17:34
Finnish metals group Outokumpu Oyj said Friday it will close a stainless steel plant in Sheffield, England - laying off all 230 workers - because of oversupply. Its stock surged 14 percent.
Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real: From shipyard resistance to community control
An account of resistance to shipyard closures in Puerto Real, Spain, that lead to community wide involvement, with the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT playing both a prominent and decisive role.
Australia: Journalists to strike against job cuts
Submitted by Anarchia on Aug 28 2008 15:18
After the announcement that 550 jobs would be cut by Fairfax Media in Australia and New Zealand on August 26th, journalists at The Age (Melbourne, Australia) and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers have decided to go on strike until Monday.
Arnie terminates California state workers
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Aug 1 2008 13:41
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order to sack 22,000 state workers and reduce 200,000 to the minimum wage.
Queens University pursuing compulsory redundancies
Submitted by Choccy on Jun 4 2008 15:53
Queens University in Belfast is for the first time ever attempting to make staff compulsorily redundant. Following a meeting with UCU, these plans were dropped from the proposal to be tabled at a later date.
23 day long occupation of major power-plant in northern Greece ends in police repression
Submitted by fleshmachine-zine on Jun 2 2008 15:53
After 23 days of blockading the input and output convayor belts of one of the major power-plants of Greece by the Union against Unemployment, demanding re-employment, environmental reform and withdrawal of charges against rebel workers, riot police evicted the Agios Dimitrios Power-Plant occupation. Serious clashes have ensued in efforts to release the arrested Union members.
Strike threat over Reuters redundancies
Submitted by Rob Ray on May 21 2008 13:34
NUJ members at Thompson and Reuters say they are ready to take industrial action over the way managers go about the job cuts if all voluntary routes available are not explored.
Mexico: Corona bottle makers face redundancy for supporting independent union
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on May 1 2008 06:38
Factory workers in San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico have been threatened by their bosses with the closure of their factory if they don't renounce their elected independent union in favour of the bosses' union.
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