Fears of UK trucks strike activates emergency oil plans Emergency procedures have been activated within the oil industry ahead of a threatened four-day…
70,000 Spanish truckers strike, blockade border with France French and Spanish truckers blockaded roads on the border of south-western France on 9th June in…
TV Times - 7 - 13 June 2008 This week's pick is a documentary telling the story of Afghanistan's first woman candidate for election to parliament whose courage at…
Indian construction workers wildcat Eighteen contract labourers in a Haldia Petro unit went on a wildcat strike today after the agency that contracted them allegedly failed to clear…
Wildcat strike in South African mines Workers at the Everest mine in South Africa have gone on wildcat strike about health and safety issues.
Starbucks fires another barista for union activity Grand Rapids firing comes in the midst of Unfair Labor Practice charges being investigated by the NLRB against Starbucks.
Iraqi oil Minister transfers union activists The Iraqi Oil minister, Hussein Al-Shahirstani, had ordered the transfer of 8 Oil Union activists to Baghdad's Al-Dorah neighborhood (known for…
One dead protester after barricades against open garbage-dump in south Corfu end in clashes with riot police On the 29th of May residents of Lefkimi in Corfu erected barricades to stop the…
Bus drivers strike in Hackney Bus drivers at CT Plus bus company struck on the 2nd of June to following the sacking of a Unite shop steward.
The Pogroms in South Africa: The Politics of Fear and the Fear of Politics A response to the recent pogroms in South Africa from Michael Neocosmos.
Those poor soldiers Apparently, if you compare the wages of soldiers with traffic wardens the poor old grunts come off worse, according to the head of the armed forces General Sir Richard Dannatt.
Craven New World. Film review - Tom Jennings A comparison of UK near-future nightmares, including Taking Liberties, Faceless, Children Of Men, The Last Enemy, Exodus and Polly II: A Plan For Revolution in Docklands.
