1972: The Quebec general strike The story of one of the largest working class rebellions in American history. 300,000 workers participated in North America's largest general…
1926: British general strike A short history of Britain’s only ever general strike which lasted 10 days and was called in support of locked-out coal miners.
1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso A brief history of the Italian Biennio Rosso (two red years) and the mass factory occupations of…
1919: The Seattle general strike A general strike of 100,000 workers, which saw the city shut down and all essential services provided under workers' control.
1919: The 40-hours strike The 40 Hours strike led by the Clyde Workers' Committee was the most radical strike seen on Clydeside in terms of both its tactics and its…
The Lawrence textile strike, 1912 - Sam Lowry A short history of the strike of 20,000 textile workers, mostly women and girls who included native and immigrant workers, which won big…
The Lynn shoe strike, 1860 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's history of the strike of 20,000 US shoe manufacturing workers - men and women - in New England. Lasting several weeks, the strike…
The Real del Monte miners' strike, 1766 A short history of the first ever strike in North American history, by Mexican silver miners.
The Luton riots, 1919 The history of the riots which flared up in Luton. Ex-servicemen and their families, angered by extravagant publicly-funded victory celebrations…
Portugal: 1,200 wildcat at General Motors plant A mass walkout at the soon-to-close Azambuja plant has entered it’s third day in a dispute over severance terms.
Striking jute-mill workers clash with cops in Bangladesh On Wednesday 6th Sep 25,000 workers from 8 jute mills in the south-western city of Khulna began a 2…
An interview with Tony Mcqade, former shop steward. Tony Mcqade worked at British Leyland’s site 2 car plant in Speke from the late 1960s until its closure in 1978, as well being a shop steward at the plant for a number of years, and is now a full time official with the TGWU.
