The Wave Hill walk-off, 1966-1975
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 22 2016 18:15
A short history of the Wave Hill, or Gurindji, strike, when aboriginal agricultural workers walked out for equal pay and then lodged a claim for the land they worked on. They remained out for an incredible nine years, and were eventually given back a proportion of the land.
Coalminers strike against Pittston Company in Virginia, 1989-1990
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 20 2016 19:33
A short history of the successful 10 month long strike at Pittston Coal against cuts to retirement and health benefits, which included mass sit-ins and sabotage.
Workers occupy ILVA steel plant in Genoa
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 25 2016 23:00
Steel workers in Genoa, Italy, occupied their factory in opposition to insecurity at work as a result of management corruption. Workers stopped work and blocked traffic, cutting the city in half.
Sit-down strikes by women in 1937 - Ivan Greenberg
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2015 18:08
A short account of women workers' participation in the sit down strike wave which swept the US in 1937.
1937 cigar industry strike
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2015 18:03
A history of the sit down strikes by predominantly Polish women workers in Detroit during the great depression: part of a national wave of sit-ins.
Immigrant women beat cigar company bosses - Martha Grevatt
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2015 17:49
A short history of the wave of sitdown strikes by predominantly Polish women cigar makers in Detroit in 1937.
The Detroit Woolworth's sitdown strike, 1937 - Marc Norton
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2015 10:41
A short history of the sit-in strike of women workers at Woolworth's in Detroit, which shook the nation and helped galvanise a militant working class movement which won big gains in pay and conditions.
What is really happening in Bologna?
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 20 2015 23:00
Bologna has always been a laboratory, both for social movements and for their counterparts. Bologna “the Red”, the industrialized city with one of the strongest worker movements in Italy, is now facing great changes, that started years ago and are now accelerating at an unprecedented rate.
Wildcat strike at SOAS
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Oct 29 2015 14:22
The School of Oriental and African Studies in London has been shut down today after management suspended a union activist. This is a deveoping story, updates in the comments.
Struggles ‘Made in India’: on the series of factory riots, occupations and (wildcat) strikes in Delhi’s industrial south, 2014
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jul 27 2015 10:26
The following article documents material concerning eighteen factory struggles in Delhi’s industrial belt between early 2014 and mid-2015.
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