Greece against austerity: Everything continues Another round of austerity measures has been approved in Greece. Before, during and after the vote people went on strike and took to the streets…
Struggle at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan Following on from recent occupations, strikes and demonstrations by health workers in Milan, workers at San Raffaele Hospital block traffic on a…
Stan Weir's oral history of the 1946 Oakland general strike This is the transcription of a 1990 interview with Stan Weir for the Virtual Aural/Oral History…
The Oakland general strike - Richard Boyden This article by Richard Boyden is the most comprehensive account of the 1946 Oakland General Strike. It relies extensively on first-hand sources,…
All-out strike and clashes at Ikea plant Four workers have been hospitalized after riots took place in front of the gates of the Ikea plant in Piacenza this morning (November 2).
Incompetent scabs hand victory to locked out referees For the first seven weeks of the National Football League (NFL) season, bosses have locked out all…
Labour law and order An article by Preston Clements for Freedom on the repeal of the Trades Dispute Act in 1946 and the reactionary nature of both the Labour Party…
Children's strikes in 1911 - Dave Marson Dave Marson's excellent 1973 pamphlet on the little-known mass walkouts of schoolchildren in the UK and Ireland in 1911, the same year that saw…
"The fight of our lives": An analysis of the UK pensions dispute Steven Johns' detailed account of how Unison has handled the 2011-12 dispute over pensions. It sheds…
The beginnings of a rank-and-file rebellion in the Civil Service? A look at recent developments within the civil service. The government's latest attacks, the…
California labor: Total engagement This chapter from Carey McWilliams, California: The Great Exception (1949) tells the history of class war in San Francisco, when "all of labor …