Direct Action (SWF): Vol 5 #07 Nov 1950 The Syndicalist Workers Federation on: Govt increases conscription period to two years, North Thames gas strike, textile industry, Not Centralism…
The Industrial Worker, 1840-1860: The Reaction of American Industrial Society to the Advance of the Industrial Revolution - Norman Ware An early historical account, published in 1924, of American workers' reaction to…
Italian general strike: Amazon warehouse blockaded in Piacenza, strikers attacked in Prato Monday 11th October saw a general strike called by several base unions in Italy,…
Preamble of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association Preamble of the LFLRA, the first women labor organization in America, which appeared in the Voice of…
Wage battles erupt in the Bangladeshi garment sector – and unions can’t contain them The past two weeks have seen mass walkouts and wildcat strikes by thousands of garment workers…
The Courtaulds Red Scar Mill strike, 1965 A short history of the unofficial strike at Courtauld's Red Scar Mill in Preston, 1965, the first of what would become a long list of significant…
Nike and the Sweatshop problem Recent anger over Nike's current endorsement deal reminded me of a period in the 1990s when Nike was facing consumer anger of its labour…
Pakistan: The struggles of workers making footballs for the FIFA World Cup The Russian Ambassador to Pakistan, Alexey Dedo, confirmed that his country will be using footballs…
Smashing H&M in South Africa: not the first attack on the garment supply chain (and not the last either!) Hand-wringing over the trashing of a few H&M branches in South Africa ignores the…
China on Strike: Narratives of Workers' Resistance This book provides a revealing window into the lives and struggles of workers organizing in China’s factories. Drawing on dozens of interviews…
Women in struggle: The Mansfield Hosiery strike The strike at Mansfield Hosiery Mills in November-December 1972, involving male and female Asian workers, was a struggle which exposed not only…
Aire Valley Yarns Strike News - Issue 2 Newsletter of the Aire Valley Yarns Workers' Support Committee, published May 30th, 1983, Issue 2.
