Over half of UK workers experience attacks on pay or conditions According to the Keep Britain Working website, set up to promote the “innovative ways” that …
Report and reflections on the UK Ford-Visteon dispute 2009: a post-Fordist struggle A detailed account and analysis of the struggle of Ford-Visteon car manufacturing workers who…
Strikes and lockouts in South Korea As the economic recession hits South Korea, striking car workers have been locked out of their factory while earlier in the week construction…
The recession: what it means for education This article summarises some of the issues facing the education sector and how they are more acute in times of recession, and was the result of…
Workers in South Korea respond to mass redundancies with strike action Workers at South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor went on strike on Thursday in protest at plans for…
Sacked traffic wardens continue protest in Belfast Protests continued today for former Belfast traffic wardens after 26 were sacked in April for taking part in unofficial strike action.
University union suspends ballot over job security and pay The University and College Union (UCU) has suspended its ballot for industrial action over pay and…
Belfast Visteon workers to vote on new redundancy deal Visteon car workers in west Belfast are to vote today on whether to accept a deal and end a bitter…
University and college bosses plan job cuts in higher education The University and Colleges Union has revealed that university and college bosses will not be making…
Factory workers trash plant over closure Workers at a Continental tyre factory in France destroyed two buildings after learning that legal attempts to block the closure of their plant…
Electronics workers save their jobs in France After an occupation and strike lasting over six weeks workers at the FCI Microconnections in Mantes-la-Jolie have saved their jobs.
Report from the Belfast Visteon occupation Interesting article with background information about the occupation of the West Belfast Ford Visteon plant, and how Ford ran it down.
