Longshore workers strike Port of Baltimore
Submitted by Supply Chain Re... on Oct 17 2013 04:27
More than 2,000 longshore members of the International Longshoremen's Association walked off the job at the Port of Baltimore, the 12th largest in the U.S. by container volume. This crippled the import of high value commodities like BMW, Fiat and Mazda automobiles. The dispute is based on workers at the port refusing a coastwide contract -- covering ports from Maine to Texas.
The dock workers strike and San Francisco general strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 3 2013 11:13
Jeremy Brecher's history of the 1934 strike of dock workers and the San Francisco general strike it sparked, against casual hiring methods on the docks, which was bitterly opposed by employers, the state and the unions.
Light at the end of the tunnel
Underground Rail Transport in Buenos Aires:
Successful Struggles against the consequences of privatisation
