textiles

A short history of the strike of 20,000 textile workers, mostly women and girls who included native and immigrant workers, which won big…

Howard Zinn's history of the strike of 20,000 US shoe manufacturing workers - men and women - in New England. Lasting several weeks, the strike…

In the face of mass resistance, Bangladeshi Government forced to renounce mine project. More actions…

Unrest continues across Bangladesh, with widespread strikes and the mass revolt against an attempt by a British company to begin destructive…

RM analyses the strikes, riots and fires of the garment workers of Bangladesh for libcom.org/news.

Bangladeshi authorities have said they will grant union rights to workers in the clothing industry in a bid to end protests that have left one man dead and scores injured and cost the industry an estimated $140 million.

At least one person was killed and 80 injured as police opened fire on garment workers who have been on a wildcat strike demanding a pay increase and the release of two imprisoned colleagues.

The ghost of Bakunin appears in a Chinese courtroom to haunt bureaucratic Maoism! The incident described below occurred in the aftermath of the Chinese 'Cultural Revolution'. The power…

The Iranian government also has an internal crisis on its hands. The country's high level of poverty has triggered a series of intense social struggles.

In Shangdong, China, more than 1,000 textile workers were on strike last week, while in Vietnam around 4,000 workers at a shoe factory struck for a wage increase.

The TGWU has warned that textile workers could stage further action after they walked out of work yesterday in a strike over pay.