Responding to the new Tory strike laws The Queen's Speech recently confirmed that the Tory government's intent to bring in new laws further restricting strikes. The unions have reacted…
One step beyond: Blockupy from blockades to the transnational strike Connessioni Precarie discuss how, if we are to genuinely oppose austerity in Europe, then we must…
The Ådalen shootings in Sweden, 1931 - Anders Sundstedt On the 14th of May 1931, just outside the small municipality of Ådalen, Swedish military opened fire…
Human guinea pigs "band together" and win a pay hike Two accounts by human lab rats who undertook successful strike action for better pay.
Strike action - Direct Action Movement Pamphlet on strike action, its uses and how to make it effective, published by the South and East London groups of the anarcho-syndicalist Direct…
The worms that turned: a story about workers in revolt - Eddy Horner A first person account of an unsuccessful strike at CPC wallpaper in West Durham, England, in the early 1990s, after which Eddy and a strike supporter turned to crime.
1831: the Merthyr Rising and Dic Penderyn An account of an brief uprising in South Wales in 1831 and the fate of Richard Lewis, known as Dic Penderyn. The uprising was the largest…
The man that was hung A 1917 article from the International Socialist Review about the murder of Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organizer, Frank Little. We do…
Unison activists vote to reopen 2015 pay dispute In an almost unprecedented move, rank-and-file Unison representatives in councils and schools voted in a special conference earlier today to tear…
Five reasons "red" Len won't break the law “Red” Len McCluskey is once more rattling his sabre ahead of the General Election. But don’t expect it to ever be drawn. Here’s five reasons why.
New York City municipal workers' strike, 1971 - Steven Johns A short history of a two-day strike by thousands of New York city workers in pursuit of a pension…