Records of the strike in Egypt under Ramses III, c1157BCE A contemporary document recounting the first ever recorded labour strike, which occured in Deir el…
Lip and the self-managed counter-revolution, 1973 – Negation A critical article about workers' struggles at the Lip watch factory in France, where workers began…
Belgium: Strikes across rail network Last Thursday a wildcat strike by train drivers at the Belgian station of Termonde lead to the cancellation of many services, a spokesman for the…
Guinean general strike continues as martial law relaxed Life is slowly returning to relative normality in Guinea now that the government has eased a curfew…
Egypt's wildcat strike wave continues unabated As reported previously on libcom, tens of thousands of workers in Egypt continue to defy their unions and the government in the nation's state…
Kashmir: Public sector workers continue strike, French NGO MSF threatens strikers. Public sector workers in Kashmir continue strike action to attempt to force the government not to…
The Wapping printers' dispute, 1986-7 - Sam Lowry A short history of a strike and subsequent lockout by printers in the Wapping area of London, which began in the winter of 1986 and ended just…
Strike at Russian Ford plant A strike halted production on Wednesday at U.S. car maker Ford's plant near St Petersburg, one of the biggest in Russia owned by a foreign auto…
TV bosses bank scripts due to writers strike threat TV studio execs in the US might try to nip the potential threat of a writers strike by tucking away scripts or even shooting extra episodes of…
Strike at the BBC The NUJ has announced a twenty-four hour stoppage across the BBC on 26th February 2007.
Unprecedented strike wave sweeps Egypt A wave of unprecedented strikes by disgruntled workers has swept Egypt this week.
23 dead in continued clashes in Guinea strike 23 people have been reported dead after further clashes between striking workers and goverment forces in Guinea.