Glasgow: 5,000 postal workers in unofficial action During the ongoing rolling strikes over pay and conditions, thousands of postal workers launched a wildcat strike in support of colleagues who…
NHS/UNISON health workers disappointed at low pay increase offer UNISON calls government pay increase "paltry." Improved offer expected; NHS ballot in August…
South Africa: diamond miners strike Miners in South Africa voted on Friday to launch an unlimited strike.
Man killed by Royal Mail scab Tragedy struck yesterday when one of 5,000 Royal Mail managers acting as scabs drove his lorry into an Astra van, killing one and injuring a…
TV Times - 28 July - 3 Aug 2007 This weeks highlight is a beautifully filmed portrayal of life under Franco in Spain in 1940.
Ending a war, inventing a movement: Mayday 1971 After SDS committed political suicide, and after the Jackson and Kent State shootings, one of the largest mass direct actions in US history took…
Korea: Train attendants strike in longest, most bitter struggle by working women On March 1, 2006, approximately four hundred women who work as train attendants on the KTX “bullet…
UK: Coca-Cola workers strike over pay Workers at a Coca-Cola plant have begun a 48-hour strike, followed by an overtime ban, after rejecting a below-inflation pay rise.
France: transport workers protest against proposed minimum service law The plan to introduce obliging workers to maintain a minimum service during public transport strikes…
Transport for London workers vote for strike action over pensions RMT members covered by the Transport for London Pension Fund have voted by a massive 15-to-one…
General strike shuts down Israel A general strike brought Israel's economy to a near halt Wednesday as all but emergency services shut down.
Palestinian union hit on all sides An article from the Al-Jazeera website detailing the repression faced by trade unionists in Palestine not only from the Israeli state but also…
