Yorkshire journalists to strike over job losses Journalists in Leeds are to hold two four-day strikes over job cuts.
General strikes around the world As French unions isolate a general strike by workers in Guadeloupe, workers in Chad have set next Monday for their general strike while the…
Anti-social solidarity - MH A short survey of some roots of the present economic crisis from a UK perspective - and the tasks ahead for both the ruling class and the working…
Car industry: more attacks on jobs and pay A new wave of redundancies and pay cuts hits car manufacturing in the UK, as companies aim to take back the cost of the recession from the…
Energy wildcats continue to spread across the UK The wave of wildcat strike action that has swept across the UK escalated today as hundreds more workers walked out in the protest at the…
Workers occupy crystal factory for second night Waterford Crystal workers have spent a second night occupying the main visitor centre at the company's factory in Waterford in the Republic of…
French general strike, 29th January 2009 Photos from France's largest general strike in three years which hit transportation, school, hospital and mail services as more than 1 million…
Unofficial refinery walkouts 'over foreign workers' spread An assessment of the spread of the refinery wildcat strikes - purportedly over the hiring of foreign…
General strike hits France As the recession begins to bite in France, transport, education and other services are brought to a halt by a national strike demanding action on…
Reports on crisis 1: England - Wildcat Wildcat asked people in several countries to write down observations about social effects of the crisis. The following is a report from London,…
The grand bluff: private profits, social risks In this 2008 feature for Freedom, published shortly after the first major bank bailout as the recession began to bite, Iain McKay explains the…
Local government unions submit derisory pay claim UNISON, Unite and the GMB request a cost of living pay rise for council workers for 2009-10 of just 0.9%.
