Mexico: A Victory for Miners in Cananea A victory for striking miners in Cananea as a judicial panel ruled their six month strike legal. This reversed an earlier ruling in January which had led to brutal attacks by the police.
Belgium: Duracell workers win strike Workers at the factory in Aarschot had originally walked out on Thursday during negotiations.
France: workers strike, many win Restaurant and tire workers have won strikes with a bus drivers' strike ongoing.
TV Times - 16 - 22 February 2008 This weeks highlight is the beginning of a futuristic dystopian drama the main theme of which is encroaching and insidious State technological surveillance.
Mexico: Oaxacan teachers occupy secondary school Schoolteachers affiliated to the Sección 22 branch of the education union SNTE (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores en Educación) - the main protagonists behind the Oaxaca revolt of 2006 - have occupied a secondary school in eastern Oaxaca under the control of the Sección 59 scab union branch.
Mexico: miners strikes in Sonora and Guerrero A long-running miners' strike in Cananea, Sonora continues despite strikers being repressed by police and military and a judge declaring it illegal. In Taxco, Guerrero however, the bosses respond to striking miners by closing down the site permanently.
Victory for Brighton bin wildcat After two days on wildcat strike, refuse workers at Brighton's Hollingdean Depot have won their fight against management bullying.
Germany; public sector 'warning' strikes begin today Thousands of workers have participated in short nationwide strikes called by services union ver.di; described as 'token' or 'warning' strikes, they are in response to a deadlock in pay negotiations.
US writers call off strike Writers are heading back to their laptops after voting through a proposed agreement between the Writer’s Guild of America (WAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) for pay and royalties over work done until 2011.
5,000 auto-workers on wildcat in Vietnam More than 5,000 workers in Hai Phong City, 60 miles south east of Hanoi began a strike yesterday.
Brighton refuse workers on wildcat strike 200 refuse and recycling workers from Brighton and Hove City Council walked out today over management bullying.