strikes

March of discontent: lessons in work struggles (Italy)

Submitted by Italy Calling on Mar 30 2013 20:25

Reflections on the escalation of workers' struggles in Italy in the wake of the large logistics workers' strike of March 22.

Lionesses of Cisanello: workers’ victory in times of austerity

Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Mar 19 2013 20:58

Cleaners at the Cisanello hospital in Pisa picketed their workplace for over three months, from October 2012 to January 2013. They were protesting the proposed cancellation of 78 jobs to comply with the cutbacks to healthcare spending. Their determination earned them the nickname of "lionesses," several tensions with local high ranking members of their union, and, eventually, victory against the contracting firm. Their resistance and solidarity shows that workers can still win in times of austerity.

"To delightful measures changed..." - Reflections on the 1978-79 Winter of Discontent

Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 17 2013 15:06

An analysis of a major 1970s highpoint of class struggle in the UK; its character, implications and consequences.

IWW non-profit workers enter second week of strike in Minneapolis

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Mar 16 2013 22:27

An update on an ongoing strike at a nonprofit 'mobile foodshelf' in the Twin Cities.

Punching out - Martin Glaberman

Seminal text by Marty Glaberman detailing his experiences of wildcat strikes and union policing of the workforce during the heyday of the UAW in Detroit's auto factories.

An injury to one – fighting the victimisation of workplace organisers

Submitted by Phil on Mar 11 2013 20:45

Victimisation, by bosses and the state, of those who try to organise in the workplace is nothing new. But recently a spate of high profile cases have focused wider attention on the issue.

IWW non-profit workers in Minneapolis go on strike after negotiations fail

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Mar 2 2013 01:34

Information on a just begun strike at a non-profit mobile food shelf and soup kitchen in Minneapolis.

Philadelphia's lords of the docks: interracial unionism wobbly style - Peter Cole

Submitted by Dan Radnika on Feb 27 2013 20:19
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A short paper written by Peter Cole for the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (July 2007)

The Belfast police mutiny of 1907 - John Gray

A history of the mutiny of 70% of the Belfast police force during a dockers' strike which brought together Catholic and Protestant workers in struggle.

Tim Burgess: 'celebrity' Charlatan scab

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 19 2013 11:53

As journalists at the BBC strike to defend their jobs while senior execs get huge payoffs, former front man of middle-of-the-road Britpop act The Charlatans, scabs on them by covering for Lauren Laverne who joined the walkout. Presumably, as he is so desperate, being a scab is the only way he can get on the radio.