Sicilian Fasci movement, 1893-4 A short overview of the radical, socialistic Fasci movement of peasants and agricultural labourers in Sicily in the late 19th century.
The wonderful world of bossnapping A short introduction to and history of bossnapping - workers detaining their bosses in order to win demands - written by Evan Johnston.
St Bart's Hospital strike continues More than 700 cleaners, porters, and security staff at Barts NHS Trust in London are nearing the end of a 7 day strike for a pay increase of 30p…
Against the law: labour protests in China's rustbelt and sunbelt A detailed study by Ching Kwan Lee of China's transition from a more state capitalist model to a…
Lyft: strikes and blockades A lot of discussion around Lyft Shuttle derides it for doing little more than reinvent the city bus. What this forgets, however, is that transit…
Initial notes on the first-ever strike at Volkswagen Bratislava, Slovakia On June 20th, 2017, a strike began at the Volkswagen factory near Bratislava, Slovakia. This is the…
The women's day massacre, 1937 A short account of the 19 June killing of 16 people and wounding of 283 by police during a demonstration of women and children in support of a…
List of green bans, 1971-1974 A list and map of green bans in New South Wales from 1971, compiled in June 1974. Green bans were refusals of construction workers to work on…
East Germany, June 1953 A short account of the East German working class mass strike and uprising in 1953, which was crushed by Russian tanks, written by Andy Blunden in…
A history of trade unionism in the Philippines A detailed account of the history of the workers' movement in the Philippines, by the International Communist Current. We disagree with the…
The UK coalminers’ dispute, 1973-4 A short account of the national coal miners’ dispute in the winter of 1973-4 which led to the three-day week, the collapse of the Conservative…
Production control in Japan Post-war Japan saw a major strike wave. Due to shortages of nearly all necessities, some of the strikes took the form of 'production control'…