Sparks #27 Issue 27 of Sparks, featuring coverage of union amalgamations, direct action by bus drivers, and taxi industry news.
Sparks #26 Sparks issue 26 from April 1991, with coverage of the Gulf War, successful direct action over tram safety issues, and campaigning against cuts to tram routes.
Sparks #19 Issue 19 of the Sparks bulletin from Spring 1989, with news on the Upfield line campaign, struggles by train guards, the 1989 Victorian state budget, and moves to disaffiliate ATMOEA (the…
Sparks #18 Issue 18 of Sparks from winter 1989, covering the ongoing campaign against the closure of the Upfield railway line, and successful snap industrial action by train guards.
The postal strike of 1922 Cathal Brennan tells the story of the postal strike of September 1922, in which the postal unions struck against pay cuts in the infancy of the…
‘Rough and ready work’: The Special Infantry Corps Article by John Dorney telling the story of the Special Infantry Corps, a military unit set up during the civil war of 1922-3 to suppress…
Japan's 1968: a collective reaction to rapid economic growth in an age of turmoil 2015 paper written by Oguma Eiji containing lots of interesting historical information about the…
Mwalimu Nyerere and the challenge of human rights Article from Pambuzuka which examines Nyerere's record on human rights. While the article is generally pro-Nyerere it details some of the…
Sparks #15 Sparks no 15 from July-August 1988, with coverage of industrial action by train guards over staff cuts and safety issues, union elections, and the mid-1988 statewide strike in Victoria.
Sparks #11 Issue 11 of Sparks from December 1987, with material on train guards' strikes and shopfloor action at South Dynon locomotive workshops.
The Rise and Fall and Insurrection of Trade Unionism in Tanzania An overview of the development of trade unions in Tanzania between the 1920s and 1990s by Tanzanian…
