Chile: miners and support workers strike Seeing record prices for raw materials and record profits for mining companies, workers in Chile are demanding better wages and conditions.
Bolivia: roads blocked by strikers and protesters Thousands of striking miners from the Huanani mine have been forming road blocks since Tuesday to protest against government inaction.
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.
New Zealand: International solidarity as miners launch indefinite strike Australian miners refused to cross a picket line yesterday at the Spring Creek coal mine as…
China: Slave labour in brick kilns At least 600 people have been freed by authorities from slave labour working in brick kilns in northern China.
France: suicides amongst auto-workers A spate of suicides amongst workers at French car plants reflects the fact that large numbers of workers are being driven to take their own lives…
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.
Statement from Ghazl el-Mahalla's "7th of December Movement- Workers For Change" In December, Egypt saw a wildcat strike of 27,000 people at the Ghazl el-Mahalla textile factory. As…
Wakefield: Coca Cola workers may strike Workers at Coca Cola's bottling and distribution plant in Wakefield may strike over pay.
Scotland: Dockers strike over pensions Hundreds of workers at Rosyth naval dockyard in Fife yesterday ignored the pleas of union officials and walked out in a row over pension cuts
Vietnam: Further wildcats in the garment sector Over 800 workers at a Taiwanese-owned garment company in Ho Chi Minh City struck work Wednesday demanding lower workload and social welfare…
