Gee, Charlie - A working class hero Charlie looks back at his youthful experiences as a militant hippy factory worker and shop steward in 1970s & 80s northern England. Part 2 deals…
Miners in Indonesia strike Miners at the Batu Hijau mine on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia are on strike over unpaid overtime pay, with the union claiming that the…
Casus Belli: Electricity union theatens long-term blackout in Greece The Electricity Company union has responded to government pledges to the IMF to sell 40% of power…
Kid Gloves or Bare-Knuckles The Experiences of the FAU-Hannover in Public Sector Strikes, 2005 A detailed account of organizing, radicalizing and participating in a strike at a public health institution, against the context of national negotiations over new pay and conditions for public sector workers.
Schorndorf 1991: A Successful Temp Workers' Strike The FAU was founded as a union for all wage-workers and therefore also for temporary workers. In March of 1991 a spontaneous and successful strike was launched by temp workers at the Bauknecht Company in the small swabian city of Schorndorf.
Truck drivers defiant despite conscription orders in Greece Truck drivers carrying fuel stand their ground and continue their strike against the austerity…
Anti-austerity strikes hamper tourism in Greece Strikes by airspace control officers and petrol-carrying truck drivers are causing long delays and serious lack of fuel across Greece.
Ukrainian firm Aerobud cheats workers, hires strikebreakers A group of construction workers downed tools this week after company fails to pay them or provide them with contracts.
More strikes by Chinese Honda workers Yet another strike has broken out at a south China factory supplying parts for Japan's Honda Motor Co., the latest in a string of stoppages by…
Strikes at Fiat and letter of solidarity from Poland A series of strikes has been taking place this week at Fiat plants throughout Italy.
Panama: strikes and protests force climbdown on anti-strike laws A ten-day strike by banana plantation workers in Panama has come to an end after the government…
Cambodian union calls off garment strike Labour leader Chea Mony announced yesterday that he was abandoning plans for a three-day strike against a newly approved garment sector minimum…