Pakistani truckers on strike, blockading NATO supplies
Submitted by Ramona on Jan 10 2013 16:26
Truckers delivering NATO supplies to isolated coalition ground troops in Afghanistan have gone on strike, in protest against lower pay, poor security, and corrupt customs officials who demand bribes from the truckers. The unions are calling for other transport workers throughout the region to join the strike action.
California labor: Total engagement
Submitted by IDP on Oct 23 2012 05:27
This chapter from Carey McWilliams, California: The Great Exception (1949) tells the history of class war in San Francisco, when "all of labor [was] pitted against all of capital." The conditions were unique: "Nowhere in the world has there been a more favorable economic environment, nor more freedom for social and political experiments than in California." The result? Wobbly organizing and near-general strikes on the San Francisco waterfront in 1886, 1893, 1901, and 1916, setting the stage for the 1934 General Strike, followed by the Oakland General Strike in 1946.
1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike photo gallery
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 20 2012 21:09
Images from the 1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, one of the most iconic strikes in American history. The strikers shut down transport of goods in the city and battled police and employer vigilante groups.
One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 19 2012 20:39
An article written on the 1934 strike in Minneapolis for the 'One Day in July' festival.
How Teamsters quelled fascist thugs
Submitted by working class s... on May 7 2012 23:04
Excerpts from the book Teamster Politics by Farrell Dobbs describing how in the 1930s Teamsters Local 544 and other unionists formed a defense guard that pushed back the Silver Shirts, a fascist outfit that was spawned from the deepening capitalist economic crisis of the 1930s.
Government to use scab drivers and the police to break fuel strike
Submitted by working class s... on Mar 28 2012 12:07
Tanker drivers in the UK have voted in favour of strike action over health and safety standards. The strikes are expected to take place over the Easter Holiday period to cause maximum disruption. The government has trained 300 soldiers to take over the duties of striking drivers and has vowed to use the police to prevent any 'irresponsible' picketing.
Non-unionised Seattle truckers organise against the bosses
Submitted by working class s... on Feb 13 2012 19:05
Over 600 non-unionised workers at dock in Seattle walk out in protest against horrendous working conditions. What started at one company has now spread to over a dozen. The workers are not going back to work until the bosses give into their demands.
Italian trucking strike starts to bite
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 28 2012 14:03
The effects of the week long trucking strike and blockades have started to have an impact, markets are empty, and factories and petrol stations have been forced to close. Fiat are reporting a loss of production of over 4,000 cars a day. The government remain defiant.
UK tanker drivers announce a week-long strike over 20% pay cut
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 24 2012 19:23
Petrol tanker drivers who work for for the haulage company, Wincanton, are due start a week long strike against attempts to impose a 20% pay cut.
Italian taxi drivers and truckers strike against fuel prices and economic reform
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 23 2012 22:54
Taxi drivers and truckers across Italy set up road blocks in a protests against record fuel prices, and government reforms to 'free up' their work sectors. More strikes are planned for the coming weeks and months across a variety of sectors.
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