UK: Bus drivers to come out over pay With pay stagnating and conditions under constant review by management bus workers in the Midlands have voted three to one in favour of industrial action.
4 April: CPE protest live updates Hour-by-hour coverage of the day of strikes, demonstrations and further blockades and occupations across France against the new employment law.
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…
Bolivian military take control of airports to break strike Bolivian military and police forces have taken control of four main airports, aiming to break an airline workers' strike in major cities.
National co-ordination in Lille calls for unlimited general strike The National Coordination sets out a strategy for a week of actions against the CPE.
68 French universities on strike A list of universities on strike and/or occupied against the CPE, and a list of the largest demonstrations and sizes in towns across the country.
2,000+ invade Gare de Lyon train station, Paris tf1 is reporting that over a thousand youths have invaded the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris. Le Figaro is now putting the number involved…
UK: 1 million workers strike to defend pensions Tuesday 28th March 2006 saw over a million workers take part in the largest one day strike in Britain since the general strike of 1926.
"It’s the little grains of sand which jam the machine" A tract distributed in front of France Telecom in Bercy, Paris agitating for a wildcat general strike against the CPE.
Unions call for another day of strikes and protests The main trade unions, along with the high school and student bodies, have decided to call for a new day of strikes and demonstrations for next Tuesday 4 April.
CPE protesters turn towards direct, decentralised action Round-up of just some of the day's events so far, including media strikes, road blockades and office and university occupations.
France in the streets: Largest demonstrations yet Full coverage of today's demonstrations, strikes and riots as public transport and services crippled and nearly 3 million take to the streets in…