Rolls Royce to close Merseyside plant Workers at the Rolls Royce plant in Netherton today claimed the company had given them notice to close the factory with the loss of 220 jobs.
France: another suicide by Renault worker This death was the fourth suicide in a year by a worker at the Guyancourt technocentre site.
France: Wimetal workers vote for strike action against factory closure Workers at the exhaust factory in Wissembourg voted to begin a strike action on Friday.
USA: Auto-workers on nationwide strike at General Motors Thousands of United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors Corp. plants around the…
1911-1970s: Unions and workers: limitations and possibilities, by Martin Glaberman Detroit auto-worker Martin Glaberman analyses the bureaucratisation and decline of the US trade…
Belgium: Strike action at Opel car factory There have been a series of stoppages recently at the Opel factory, due to management restructuring.
Belgium: Wildcat strike at Volvo Europa factory Workers at the truck factory in Oostakker, walked out during negotiations over pay.
Sweden: Volvo workers wildcat An unofficial strike broke out at a Volvo Trucks plant in Umeå on Thursday. 150 workers downed tools for one and a half hours.
France: Sabotage at Renault factory Workers at the Renault factory in Le Mans have been accused by management of sabotaging factory equipment.
Spain: General strike in Cadiz region Workers at the General Motors subcontractor, Delphi, in Puerto Real have gone on strike in protest at the planned closure of the factory.
US: Truck plant strike leaders sacked Two weeks after a wildcat strike against layoffs, eleven Freightliner LLC workers in North Carolina have been fired.
Belgium: car workers refuse union compromise Strikers at car firm SLM refused to vote on an agreement made by unions, judging the salary increase to be too low.