Belgium: striking workers at sub-contractor close Ford plant Workers at Syncreon, formerly TDS Automotive, went on strike on Monday.
Belgium: Supermarket workers launch wildcats Workers at three sites have launched wildcat solidarity actions over the last few days.
Bangladeshi garment workers out again and escalating There have been more clashes in the Mirpur industrial area of Dhaka (see previous report); on Saturday 12th thousands of garment workers again…
Canada: bank workers strike over pay 62 workers at CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in Sudbury went on strike today.
France: civil service strike to test minimum service law. The proposed teachers' strike on January 24th is likely to see the first attempts to implement the…
Glasgow mechanics strike solidarity On Tuesday, nine mechanics walked out on official strike after failing to agree to a pre-Christmas pay deal, over 50 other workers refused to cross picket lines.
New Zealand: Brackenridge Estate strike - day two Care workers for intellectually disabled adults are on strike at the state run Brackenridge Estate facility in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Poultry strikers demand better working conditions Over 40 workers at the Delmon Poultry Company in Bahrain staged a wildcat strike yesterday.
France: Postal workers to strike against job cuts Workers in Paris' 8th district are planning strike action after management announced the loss of 111 jobs.
Belgian Opel workers wildcat strike A wildcat strike broke out amongst workers at the Opel car plant in Antwerp January 8 in a row over pay.
The Korean working class: From mass strike to casualization and retreat, 1987-2007 Loren Goldner on the history of the Korean working class during the past 20 years.
1970: US national postal strike A short account of the illegal nationwide postal strikes that spread across America in 1970. After two weeks, during which time the army was…