Protests in south-east China force repeal of new tax law The Chinese state news service, Xinhua, reported on the 16th of June that violent protests in the…
Wildcat strike in Stockholm Workers in the warehouse for the Swedish state’s alcohol monopoly have started a wildcat strike in response to management attempts to replace the workforce with short term workers.
1980: Poland mass strikes - Henri Simon Henri Simon's account of the successful strike wave which swept Poland in the summer of 1980 when the government raised the price of meat.
One dead in Guadeloupe strike As Guadeloupe's general strike against rising prices spreads across the Caribbean, a union official is shot dead.
General strike over prices brings Belgium to a halt A nationwide strike against rising prices disrupted transport, retailing and manufacturing across Belgium on Monday.
Low-paid workers strike and protest at multiple stores In Auckland and Hamilton low-paid workers at McDonald's and the Farmers department store are striking and protesting for better pay and working conditions.
Argos strike 'solid' The 24 hour strike at Argos which started today over a sub-inflation pay offer is described by Unite union officials as 'rock solid'.
Twenty New York IWW members fired Twenty IWW members have been fired from a food distributing warehouse in New York.
Mexico: 250 Corona bottle makers fired for forming an independent union More than 250 employees of a factory that manufactures beer bottles for Corona (amongst others) in…
France: workers strike, many win Restaurant and tire workers have won strikes with a bus drivers' strike ongoing.
France: unprecedented national strike hits retail sector According to unions up to 80% of workers in supermarkets across the country joined in the strike…