UK: Plymouth postie walkout Postmen in Plymouth staged a six-hour walkout at midnight on Monday over changes to shift patterns.
Scotland: Baths and halls re-open in victory for local community Kenny McLachlan, late chairperson of Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, had the last laugh from beyond the…
1990: Kamagasaki riot (video clip) A ten minute video clip of news footage from the Kamagasaki riot in Osaka, Japan 1990. For information about the events, see 1990: Worker…
Mexico: Nationwide wildcat miners’ strike More than a quarter of a million miners and steelworkers walked off the job between March 1 - 3 in wildcat strikes at 70 companies in at least eight states from central to northern Mexico virtually paralysing the mining industry.
12,000 say no to ASDA Friends of Queen's Market is a campaign in Newham to stop the "redevelopment" of a highly valued local street market into an ASDA.
The roots of subservience - Kan Takayuki Kan Takayuki takes a long hard look at the historical and cultural factors underlying the public reaction to the illness, death and funeral of…
1980s-1990s: The Myths of the Toyota System Nomura Masami on the myths of the Toyota system of management, in PDF format.
The Emperor System and the Limits of Post-War Democracy The Emperor System and the Limits of Post-War Democracy - interview with Amano Yasukazu Presented in…
Speaking Out on the Emperor System Terror, Taboo and Silence: Speaking out on the Emporer System - Nakagawa Nobuaki Presented in PDF format (3mb).