France: workers strike, many win
Submitted by jef costello on Feb 19 2008 20:02
Restaurant and tire workers have won strikes with a bus drivers' strike ongoing.
France: unprecedented national strike hits retail sector
Submitted by jef costello on Feb 3 2008 22:13
According to unions up to 80% of workers in supermarkets across the country joined in the strike action on Friday.
Canada: support workers strike at New Brunswick Community College
Submitted by jef costello on Jan 22 2008 10:36
500 workers, including lab technicians and canteen, security and cleaning staff, are currently striking over pay.
France: workers' blockades attacked by police
Submitted by jef costello on Jan 19 2008 18:37
Fourteen, mostly female, striking workers required treatment after police charged their blockades.
Poultry strikers demand better working conditions
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 11 2008 12:07
Over 40 workers at the Delmon Poultry Company in Bahrain staged a wildcat strike yesterday.
Hamburgers vs value - Kämpa Tillsammans
Article by Swedish communist group Kämpa Tillsammans, examining the relationship between informal workplace activity in a hamburger restaurant, and the broader communist movement.
Job loss at Cadbury UK as Polish state plans subsidies for corporation
Submitted by akai on Dec 25 2007 12:12
Capitalist greed leads corporation to cut labour costs to the bone. Will workers and consumers fight back, asks Laure Akai?
Argos workers on strike in Ireland
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 3 2007 12:34
With only three shopping weeks left in the Christmas shopping season, employees at 31 Argos brances in Ireland abandoned their tills and making for the picket line.
Iran: The struggle of the Haft-Tapeh workers
Submitted by mobarez on Nov 18 2007 18:37
Workers at Iran's Haft Tapeh sugar factory have been engaged in a struggle since they first went on strike in October. The state responded with repression, arresting organizers, and the workers have been engaged in action in response.
UK: Strike at Bernard Matthews called off
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 13 2007 15:34
A strike of 1,300 workers at turkey firm Bernard Matthews for this Thursday has been called off by Unite following an injunction threat.
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