Wildcat Strike at NATO International School
Submitted by akai on Apr 29 2009 08:54
Teachers went on strike at a school for children of NATO officers in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Occupation at union-busting Schavemaker Transport
Submitted by akai on Apr 3 2009 07:41
Truck drivers plan to occupy the Polish HQ of the firm until fired union members are reinstated.
Mexico: Former Nokia workers protest dismissals and actions of Manpower and Adecco agencies
Submitted by akai on Feb 8 2009 09:41
On Feb. 4, a group of former employees of the Finland-based Nokia company protested outside offices of the federal labor board. The company has not paid the severance packages which are required by Mexican law to a group of 1000 workers dismissed by Nokia last November.
Dismissed workers occupy factory in Poland
Submitted by akai on Jan 22 2009 18:19
200 workers recently dismissed from Thomson in a Warsaw suburb occupy factory in the hopes of getting promised compensation.
Seoul: police attack occupied building, kill protestors
Submitted by akai on Jan 21 2009 10:50
Six dead, many injured and arrested after police attack protestors near American Military Base.
Privatisation by the back door: The health workers’ strike and the future of medical care in Poland
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 31 2007 09:31
Laure Akai analyses the neoliberal reforms to Poland's health service as the doctors' strike enters its fourth month.
Poland’s health care workers’ strike: new challenges and old problems
Submitted by akai on Jun 24 2007 06:15
As a mass health-care strike enters its sixth week, all that may be achieved is the speeding-up of the privatisation process.
Death, industrial action and firings at LG Electronics in Poland
Submitted by akai on May 2 2007 14:31
At least one worker fired after industrial action. Workers demand an end to forced overtime.
Poland: Workers fired for union activity
Submitted by akai on Mar 23 2007 17:50
A report from Poland on the firing of two workers for union organising and demanding better working conditions.
Teachers protest in Warsaw
Submitted by akai on Mar 17 2007 23:59
Over 12,000 teachers demonstrated today in Warsaw. Among their demands were not only calls for a pay rise and retention of early retirement priveleges, but also for he dismissal of the Minister and Vice-Minister of Education.
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