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News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in transport and distribution around the world.
Fare strike - San Francisco 2005
Pamphlet with first-hand accounts and analysis of the self-organised 2005 fare strike, in PDF and text format.
Fare strike in PDF format (2.14Mb)
Fare strike!
San Francisco 2005
First-Hand Accounts
INTRODUCTION
Tram drivers' strike in Prague, 2003
The history of a short strike of Czech tram drivers, with a detailed account from the picket lines. The strike had the first picket line violence between police and strikers since 1989, and was defeated, but still has some important lessons.
7 April: Demonstrators injured in Paris as blockades continue
France protests news roundup from 7 April, including a car ploughing into demonstrators, office occupations and blockades.
Demonstrators injured in Paris
From the BBC:
Planka - freeriding in Sweden and Finland
In Stockholm, Gothenburg and Helsinki, commuters are taking the initiative in the fight for decent, free public transportation.
Buses, trams, commuter trains and underground trains are necessary for workers to get around - a direct action campaign in Sweden and Finland is demanding that it be free.
Oisin Mac Giollamoir interviews Anna from the planka.nu campaign.
How did planka.nu start?
Melbourne tram dispute and lockout 1990 - anarcho-syndicalism in practice
The history of the January-February 1990 tramways dispute in Melbourne, Australia which saw transport workers, under anarcho-syndicalist influence, taking control of the trams and running them for free before power was cut off by the bosses. Includes a short introduction with information about the anarcho-syndicalist tram workers grouping involved.
Introduction
Fighting the fare hike in San Francisco
A report on organising that is going on here in San Francisco against the rise in fares for buses and trams.
Back in April the MTA Board, which runs Muni (the bus and streetcar system in San Francisco) voted to increase the transit fare from $1.25 to $1.50, to cut service on many bus lines, and to lay off about 200 drivers. This Thursday, Sept 1, is when the fare hike is supposed to go into effect. This is the second fare hike in two years. Since 2003 the fare has gone up 50 percent.
