lockouts

Sparks #21

Issue of anarcho-syndicalist public transport workers' bulletin Sparks from January 1990. Importantly this was a special issue produced during the Melbourne tram lockout, where anarcho-syndicalist-influenced workers took over the tram system before bosses cut the power.

Permanent general workers’ assembly in Ilva after the lockout of their plant

Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 27 2012 09:58

The Italian judiciary system is continuing its prosecution of the management of Ilva, the largest steel corporation in Europe, which has its main factory in Taranto. On Monday November 26th the judges ordered seven arrests (4 of which were house arrests) of key managers within the corporation.

Incompetent scabs hand victory to locked out referees

Submitted by working class s... on Nov 3 2012 00:43

For the first seven weeks of the National Football League (NFL) season, bosses have locked out all 212 unionised referees.

The hidden victims of the NHL lock-out

Submitted by working class s... on Nov 1 2012 15:14

Following the failure to reach a consensus on a new collective bargaining agreement between NHL (National Hockey League) bosses and the players union, all 750 players registered with the NHL have been locked-out as of Sunday 16th September.
For the duration of the lock-out all players are free agents and can play for any team or in any league in the world - many of whom have already jumped ship and moved to leagues across Europe.

Korean bosses lock-out workers and blackmail them into no-strike agreement and a scab union

Submitted by working class s... on Aug 6 2012 16:14

On 30 July, the Mando Corporation - a South Korean auto-parts manufacturer - locked out all unionised workers. It is now blackmailing them into a no-strike agreement, and encouraging them to join a new trade union, that the bosses created immediately following the lock-out.

Strike and lockout at Chung Hong Electronics in Poland

Submitted by borzoj on Jul 18 2012 13:10

In the past few months, a struggle of dozens of workers has taken place at the Chinese Chung Hong Electronics factory, a supplier of LG in a Polish Special Economic Zone in Kobierzyce near Wroclaw. Workers entered the collective labor dispute with a series of demands: a wage increase, the restoration of the social fund, the reduction of the annual overtime limit, the restoration of free transport for workers etc.

On the Picket Line: The ConEd Lockout in New York

Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Jul 4 2012 18:55

An account of New York City electrical workers who've been on the picket since being locked-out earlier this week.

Resistance is high; garment workers force shutdown in 350 factories

Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 18 2012 17:12
Ashulia barricade - June 2012

The resurgence of unrest in the Bangladeshi garment sector continues with over 500,000 workers now locked out in Ashulia...

Locked out workers on Merseyside to demonstrate outside conference

Submitted by working class s... on Mar 15 2012 10:28

Locked out food workers on Merseyside are on their way to London to protest outside a major food industry conference.

Another factory on Merseyside ‘locks out’ its workers

Submitted by working class s... on Mar 13 2012 14:13

Bosses at the Tranfoods plant in Wirral, Merseyside have 'locked out' the workers during negotations over redundancy. The Unions claim that the bosses have reneged on a redundancy offer and are now only prepared to pay 'statutory redundancy'. The owners of Tranfoods, 'Tulip', have only owned the business 38 days and plan to move production to Cornwall. This is the second 'lock out' on Merseyside in less than a month.