The 1934 Toledo Auto Lite strike - Ted Selander A speech given by participant Ted Selander on June 3, 1984 at an anniversary celebration of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike.
Teamsters close down Coca Cola bottling plant Coca Cola worker in Connecticut walk off the job in response to attempts to reduce pay and benefits, and implement redundancies.
Bosses hold 1000 Indian workers hostage in Angola Over 1200 Indian workers have been left stranded, and effectively held hostage by bosses in Angola after their passports and other travel…
China class struggle update With all the media focusing their attention on Chen Guangcheng, Bo Xilai etc, there has been another peak of workers taking action against the…
Fascists launch failed attack on a Liverpool picket line Fascists in Liverpool have today continued with their anti-working class agenda by attempting to…
Strike ballot for Birmingham teachers over forced academy plans Teachers in thirteen primary schools in Birmingham are being balloted for strike action against…
May Day 2012 - discussion and updates May 1, International Workers Day. Please post your accounts and updates of workers' events today in the comments below.
Germinal - Émile Zola Zola's masterpiece exposing the inhuman conditions of miners in France in 1860s. This powerful novel follows a young worker who enters a mining…
The cotton pickers - B. Traven B Traven's novel about migrant labourers, poverty, crappy jobs, and the occasional successful strike... Set in 1920s Mexico. Here presented in…
Netherlands: Cleaners end strike after 105 days Cleaners end their long strike, after having been on strike for an impressive 105 days, after an agreement has been reached, with elements that…
New public sector walkout over pensions set for May 10 (with updates) Civil servants and health workers in the PCS and Unite unions, respectively are set to strike on May…
Poland 1980-1982: Class struggle and the crisis of capital - Henri Simon Henri Simon's brilliant and detailed account and analysis of the militant working class struggles in…
