Wage battles erupt in the Bangladeshi garment sector – and unions can’t contain them The past two weeks have seen mass walkouts and wildcat strikes by thousands of garment workers…
The Courtaulds Red Scar Mill strike, 1965 A short history of the unofficial strike at Courtauld's Red Scar Mill in Preston, 1965, the first of what would become a long list of significant…
Nike and the Sweatshop problem Recent anger over Nike's current endorsement deal reminded me of a period in the 1990s when Nike was facing consumer anger of its labour…
Pakistan: The struggles of workers making footballs for the FIFA World Cup The Russian Ambassador to Pakistan, Alexey Dedo, confirmed that his country will be using footballs…
Smashing H&M in South Africa: not the first attack on the garment supply chain (and not the last either!) Hand-wringing over the trashing of a few H&M branches in South Africa ignores the…
China on Strike: Narratives of Workers' Resistance This book provides a revealing window into the lives and struggles of workers organizing in China’s factories. Drawing on dozens of interviews…
Women in struggle: The Mansfield Hosiery strike The strike at Mansfield Hosiery Mills in November-December 1972, involving male and female Asian workers, was a struggle which exposed not only…
Aire Valley Yarns Strike News - Issue 2 Newsletter of the Aire Valley Yarns Workers' Support Committee, published May 30th, 1983, Issue 2.
Aire Valley Yarns Strike News - Issue 1 Newsletter of the Aire Valley Yarns Workers' Support Committee, published May 1983.
8,000 workers wildcat at Vietnam footwear factory After 6,000 workers went on wildcat at a clothing factory in Thanh Hoa province for five days last month and won most of their demands, now 8,000…
In November we remember: the centennial of the 1912 Little Falls textile strike – Brendan Maslauskas Dunn An overview of the Little Falls textile strike of 1912. First published as follows…
Vietnam: 6,000 workers involved in wildcat strike at clothing factory Inhumane conditions and low wages have led to approximately 6,000 workers going on strike at a…