Mexico: miners strike against government interference Miners in Mexico launched an unlimited wildcat strike on Wednesday last week.
South Africa: Mine workers union rejects pay offer The National Union of Mine-workers has rejected a 6% offer and is instead demanding that miners receive a 15% increase.
Sweden: Wildcat strikes break out in mines Miners at Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB started the unsanctioned walkout on Monday, and on Tuesday morning work was at a standstill in…
China: explosion kills 15 coal miners At least 15 workers have been killed after an explosion in a coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi.
Peru: Miner's strike ends A unlimited strike has come to an end after the goverment agreed to the miners' demands.
The Chinese mining industry - cheaper lives mean cheaper coal; so Australian bosses threaten relocation Last week the Chinese media reported that on average one mining accident every week…
The French pensions strikes, 1995 - Sam Lowry A short history of the massive strike movement against welfare reform in France in 1995.
Leggio, Franco, 1921-2006 A short biography of Italian miner, Franco resister, publisher and anarchist Franco Leggio.
Colton, James, 1860-1936 Short history of South Wales anarchist mine worker James Colton, who, as well as being a key figure in Welsh anarchist history, also married Emma…
A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985 Dave Douglass looks back on the great miners strike, twenty years on. Recalling information about…
Notes on the miners strike, 1984-1985 Notes on the strike of UK mine workers against closures and to save their union, the NUM. The article contains interesting information about the…
Cambrian Combine miners strike and Tonypandy riot, 1910 - Sam Lowry A short history of a strike by miners in South Wales in 1910 which led to a series of confrontations…
