Two hunger strikers now in hospital Two of the three sacked airport workers on hunger-strike outside their union offices in Belfast are now in hospital. Earlier today Gordon McNeill…
Mahmoud Salehi's message from prison for the March 6 Day of Solidarity Imprisoned labor leader Mahmoud Salehi, one of the Saqqez 7 and member of Komiteye Hamahangi sends a statement in solidarity with workers and participants of the March 6 international day of solidarity with imprisoned Iranian labor activists.
Vallejo, California: Unions help city with lay-offs The city of Vallejo in the San Francisco Bay Area may be the first city in California history to declare bankruptcy. However several unions are helping the city to cut jobs in an effort to ward off bankruptcy.
Mozambique: wildcats and sabotage on the sugar cane plantations 600 seasonal workers at the Xinavane sugar plantation in Maputo province of Mozambique have been on wildcat strike since last Friday (15th February).
Lionbridge: globalizing low wages In December 2007, a trade-union called “Krajowa Federacja Pracownikow (KFP)” (Worker’s Federation) was formed in Lionbridge Poland, a subsidiary of Lionbridge Technologies, a US-based multinational with subsidiaries all over the world.
1998: Danish private sector strike A short history of the massive private sector strike that gripped Denmark for 10 days in 1998. Although ending after negotiations between the…
The Korean working class: From mass strike to casualization and retreat, 1987-2007 Loren Goldner on the history of the Korean working class during the past 20 years.
Anarchist communists and the Italian base union movement Article about the Italian base union movement written by anarchist communist group FdCA member…
First round of airport strikes called off Strikes at seven UK airports have been called of by the Unite and PCSU unions.
Karen Reissman strike suspended 150 NHS mental health workers in Manchester who have been on strike since early November following the sacking of Karen Reissman are to return to…
Organized labor versus "the revolt against work" - John Zerzan Article examining the role of unions in the exploitation of workers, focussing in particular on the…
Union suspends Northern Irish classroom strike Members of the Nipsa union have voted to suspend their strike in the dispute over classroom assistants' pay.
