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France: More workers join strikes

Steven. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:28:54 +0000

Thousands joined street protests in Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg, Marseille, Grenoble, Lyon and other cities.

The 24 hour strike left many schools closed, hospitals providing a reduced service and newsagents without newspapers.

The BBC reported that the French capital's two airports and Marseille airport in the south suffered delays and cancellations.

NUJ strike ballot in Coventry following unanimous vote

Ed — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:38:44 +0000

A packed chapel meeting voted unanimously for the move after exhausting the newspaper's internal disputes procedures in a long-running row over non-replacement of leavers or long delays in getting vacancies filled.

France: strikes at financial paper Les Echos

jef costello — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:44:31 +0000

Workers at the paper are concerned about plans by its owner Pearson, to sell it to LMVH. LMVH is currently the owner of La Tribune, Les Echos' less popular rival. Although LMVH is currently trying to sell La Tribune and its head, Bernard Arnault has pledged to sell La Tribune if he does buy Les Echos.

France: One-day strike at Nice-Matin

jef costello — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:09:50 +0000

No editions of the paper Nice-Matin or its sister titles Var-Matin and Corse-Matin were produced this Saturday. Staff took action due to a proposed sale of the group by its parent company, Lagardère, the proposed buyer, the Le Monde group, plans to merge these regional titles (and others) and printing operations.

You are being lied to about asylum seekers

Steven. — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:22:43 +0000

Good leaflet with questions and answers about immigration and asylum seekers to the UK. It examines common perceptions, where they come from, whether they are accurate, who is spreading them and why. In text and PDF.

1919-1945: The Proletarischer Zeitgeist

Steven. — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:39:20 +0000

In 1922 the majority of the membership of the councilist union the AAUE (United General Workers Union) of Zwickau was expelled because of their participation in the works councils in the railway workshops and the mines. This majority retained control of the AAUE paper, Weltkampf, so the remainder of the Zwickau AAUE founded the paper Proletarischer Zeitgeist (Proletarian Spirit of the Times).

Telegraph journalists vote for strike action

zobag — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Since the move, working practices for NUJ members have included 24/7 working rotas, and 54 compulsory redundancies. The NUJ claims these changes form part of a long running growth of anger and dissatisfaction among staff at the national paper, where management have ignored or overidden complaints and grievances by the staff.

1914-2000: The Australian IWW and 'Direct Action'

Steven. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:42:53 +0000

Direct Action, later a monthly magazine, was first published by the US-founded Industrial Workers of the World union in Sydney in January 1914. They borrowed some dough from a member and bought themselves an archaic printing press so that all restraints upon expression of ‘clear cut revolutionary principles’ were removed.

1972: The Quebec general strike

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:58:55 +0000

"Not since the days of the Industrial Workers of the World, since the days of Joe Hill and the battle for the eight-hour day, has a North American union movement been so dedicated to the tradition of revolutionary syndicalism."

Unionisation drive at a UK local newspaper

libcom — Sat, 27 May 2006 13:17:37 +0000

A short account by one worker in a local UK newspaper of a successful NUJ unionisation drive he was involved in in 2006