wildcat strikes
Articles about unofficial industrial action, or "wildcat" strikes.
New York Times delivery disrupted by wildcat strike
Today deliveries of some of the US's most popular and influential papers were disrupted by a wildcat strike of the carriers.
A one-day strike by carriers at a distribution contractor for the Chicago Tribune delayed deliveries of the Sunday paper for an estimated 6,000 home delivery customers.
The wildcat strike also affected delivery of Sunday copies of The New York Times and weekend editions of The Financial Times.
BA sack second solidarity striker
British Airways has sacked a second worker for taking part in the wildcat strike which paralysed the airline's Heathrow operations last summer.
The Daily Telegraph reported the move, which follows the dismissal of another employee on the same grounds last month. BA said the pair had been 'found guilty of gross misconduct for playing leading roles in orchestrating unballotted and illegal industrial action,' according to the Telegraph.
Postal workers on wildcat strike in Devon
Postal workers in Torquay walked out today over Christmas leave, with over 140 staff on wildcat strike for several hours.
After more than four hours of negotiations the union and management reached a deal and the strikers went back to work.
If anyone has more information on this situation please keep us informed.
Gate Gourmet dispute costs BA £35-£45m
British Airways has estimated that this summer's Gate Gourmet staff dispute cost it between £35m and £45m.
The dispute is still continuing, with redundancy offers being attached to a number of conditions. The T&G bureaucracy is likely to broker a deal that will not be in the interests of the workers.
Baggage handlers launched a wildcat strike in solidarity with the catering workers. Releasing its results for the three months to 30 September, BA saw its pre-tax profit fall 18% to £241m.
BA acts against three workers for Gate Gourmet solidarity
British Airways has started disciplinary proceedings against three shop stewards following August's unofficial strike at Heathrow Airport.
At the time, baggage handlers walked out for two days in sympathy with sacked workers at the airline's in-flight caterer Gate Gourmet.
British Airways said two of the shop stewards have been suspended on full pay while the third continues to work.
All three are members of the Transport & General Workers' Union (T&G).
Summary of the book "Autonomous Class Struggle in Great Britain" by Cajo Brendel (Cajo Brendel)
Cajo Brendel outlines his book on history of the class struggle in Great Britain in the three decades after World War II.
The autonomous class struggle which the book refers to is not even a specifically British phenomenon - it is a formula describing the increasing number of official and unofficial strikes in the first three decades of post-war capitalism all over the world.
The Working Class and Social Change - Martin Glaberman
Glaberman discusses different notions of class consciousness, based partly on his experiences as both a factory worker and, later, an academic.
Black Cats, White Cats, Wildcats: Auto Workers in Detroit, 1969
Introductory article and account of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and its activity in a Detroit in the 1960s and 70s.
Wildcats In The Appalachian Coal Fields -William Cleaver
A little blow-out don't hurt nothin'.
A coal miner ain't nobody until he goes on strike,
then everybody's looking at him.
Wildcats In The Appalachian Coal Fields
William Cleaver
700 workers end Devon mail wildcat strike
An unofficial strike by Royal Mail staff in Exeter has come to an end. Workers had struck against plans to use casual labour.
The BBC reported that postal deliveries and collections are getting back to normal, after staff agreed to go back to work.
The strike action started when around 50 staff walked out of the mail centre in Exeter yesterday afternoon.
