coal

Wildcat strike in South African mines

Ed — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:15 +0000

On 28 May, 42 load-haul-dumper operators stopped unprotected work at the Everest mine, and the rest of the underground workforce, numbering around 1,300 employees, stopped work in sympathy the following day.

The Ecological Challenge: Three Revolutions are Necessary

Flint — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:35:25 +0000

The Ecological Challenge: Three Revolutions are Necessary
by Alternative Libertaire

New Zealand: International solidarity as miners launch indefinite strike

Steven. — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:10:53 +0000

About 140 Reefton and Dunollie miners were due to meet in Runanga at 1pm to decide their next step.

In an escalation of previous action, the Spring Creek miners walked off the job on Friday morning.

Coal miners across Aotearoa strike after negotiations break down

Asher — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:13:38 +0000

The miners are seeking a 5 - 5.5% pay increase, while Solid Energy (which directly employs 1/3 of the miners and the rest indirectly via contractors) has refused to go higher than 4%.

Durand, Jules, 1880-1926

Steven. — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:16:48 +0000

The Dreyfus of the poor

A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985 - Dave Douglass

Steven. — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:19:09 +0000

A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985

Notes on the miners strike, 1984-1985

Steven. — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:09:01 +0000

Notes on the strike of UK mine workers against closures and to save their union, the NUM. The article contains interesting information about the strike, its background, the aftermath and its importance to all workers in Britain.

Come and wet this truncheon - Dave Douglass

Joseph K. — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:26:10 +0000

Classic pamphlet by miner and anarcho-syndicalist Dave Douglass on political policing during the British Miners’ Strike of 1984/5 - when the state acted like an occupying army in working class areas. First published in 1986.

Israel: electricity workers take action against privatisation

libcom — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:27:54 +0000

Workers halted the unloading of coal from IEC ships and prevented the removal of ash from power stations, likely to paraylze coal fired stations within 3-4 days. They also cut management off from computer, telephone and electricity services and blocked offices in what has been a series of activities designed to disrupt the company's activities using "all legal means".

1891: Miners against prison labour

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:17:04 +0000

There were eruptions against the convict labour system in the South, in which prisoners were leased in slave labour to corporations, used thus to depress the general level of wages and also to break strikes.