Orange Country refuse strike continues Temporary workers have been hired to resume refuse collection in several cities across Orange County.
Bay Area refuse collectors threaten solidarity strikes Refuse collection teams threaten secondary strikes in solidarity with landfill site workers.
Korean hotel workers illegally outsourced Workers at the Renaissance Hotel in Seoul wage an important struggle against outsourcing.
What now Norwich? Norwich Union job cuts Comment on the latest case of call centre jobs "transferred" to India, and the trades union response to it, from Norwich Class War.
1993-1996: The Dublin fight against water charges A short history of the successful direct action campaign of non-payment which prevented the imposition of charges for water in Dublin, Ireland.
1922: The Hong Kong strike The history of a huge general strike in Hong Kong which won many concessions, including a 20% pay hike.
Canary Wharf cleaners to ballot for strike action Cleaners at some of Britain's leading banks and financial institutions are to vote on strike action after a long-running campaign to make bosses improve working conditions and pay them a living wage.
Water torture - Privatisation leaves us high and dry Brighton news sheet Schnews takes an irreverent look at the privatisation of water supplies in the UK, which since 1988 has lead to huge price hikes for users and bumper profits for corporations – a situation being repeated the world over.
UK: Water meters may be forced on millions This summer may be Britain's worst drought for thirty years, and hose-pipe bans and standpipes are already being discussed.
Radical union's picket wins worker back unpaid wages Members of the Chicago General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World labour union (IWW) last week picketted and called for a boycott of the Ideal Hand Car Wash in Chicago’s Albany Park neighbourhood.
Occupied Bauen Hotel - the struggle continues If this story sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because Labourstart ran a campaign last year in support of workers in Argentina who, faced with a mismanaged business about to close decided to take matters into their own hands.
Employee sabotage in a conservative think-tank A brief account of sabotage of a right-wing think-tank by one of its employees, Reggie, a mail room clerk.