Iran: Wave of strikes shakes Tehran The Iranian government also has an internal crisis on its hands. The country's high level of poverty has triggered a series of intense social struggles.
Billy Connolly: shipyard striker Scottish comedian Billy Connolly was involved in the strikes of apprentices in the Clyde shipyards in the 1960s.
Holland: Mitsubishi workers wildcat strike over plant closure Mitsubishi workers took wildcat strike action last week over worries that DaimlerChrysler would…
Successful strike at Opel-GM in Antwerp Belgian car workers won a short strike to demand less work and more workers employed at their plant in Antwerp.
Netherlands: Wildcat strike at DaimlerCrysler Workers at the Born NedCar plant walked out yesterday in a row over job cuts. The Dutch manufacturer NedCar is a joint-venture of DaimlerCrysler…
Pensions? What pensions? Legal battle with steel firm Major legal battles have been taking place regarding private pension funds and the protections being offered to workers.
Precious metals - struggle and repression in Papua The battle over Papua’s copper and gold deposits is heating up as locals fight back against their exploiters, reports Rob Ray
Assembly Line - B. Traven This is an early Traven story, taken, in an uncredited translation, (probably by Traven himself - I have Anglicised the spelling) from The Night…
Mozambique: Wildcat sugar strike ends A two day wildcat strike at the Sena company, Mozambique's largest sugar producer, ended on Friday, with promises by the company of a new wage scale with fewer levels in April.
Vietnam: Happy meals, unhappy workers - the wave of workers’ discontent Aaron Glantz and Ngoc Nguyen report on the conditions and views of Vietnamese manufacturing workers who have been responsible for waves of wildcat strikes in recent months.
Revolutionary “Termites” in Faridabad: A Proletarian Current In India Confronts Third Worldist Statism An analysis of the struggles by workers in Faridabad and of the involvement of the…
