Banks in Palestine went on a one-day general strike yesterday after a bomb was detonated outside the Arab Bank in Gaza early on Friday.

Two more Iranian trade unionists were detained today while a third continues to be imprisoned.

Amy Goodman Interviews John Gibler on Mexican Power hand over

In an unprecedented act, Mexico's President Elect Felipe Calderon received, for the first of two times, the Presidential Sash from outgoing President Vicente Fox at 12:01 am in the Presidential Palace. Calderon's second and official inauguration, as defined by the Mexican Constitution, took place this morning in Mexico's congress despite attempts by opposition parties to block the swearing-in ceremony.

Classic pamphlet by miner and anarcho-syndicalist Dave Douglass on political policing during the British Miners’ Strike of 1984/5 - when the…

The general public sector strike called by the Histadrut Labor Federation was halted Thursday morning after the National Labor Court ordered a…

The Olympics will bring much new construction work to London, and some union activists look to the opportunity for a greater say both in the…

An almost total shutdown of Israeli industry following a general strike has been threatened with…

A general strike has broken out in the Israeli public sector following the collapse of negotiations.