The Courtaulds Red Scar Mill strike, 1965
Submitted by Ed on Jan 17 2019 22:55
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 'migrant strikes' (such as Mansfield Hosiery in 1972, Standard Telephones and Cables in 1973, Imperial Typewriters in 1974 and, of course, Grunwick in 1976).
Wildcat homers, gamifying work and workplace-whanau in the meat industry
Submitted by wojtek on Aug 10 2018 12:00
Toby Boraman's academic article on the informal resistance by Aotearoa meatworkers in 1970s.
Wildcat at Orion
An in-depth report from the recent wildcat strike at the Orion recycling plant in East London. This report first appeared on Notes from Below.
Mass wildcat strike by Kentucky teachers
Submitted by Mike Harman on Mar 30 2018 12:04
Teachers in Kentucky are on wildcat strike today with at least eight school districts closing schools due to lack of teaching staff.
Workers wildcat at East London recycling plant
Submitted by Ed on Mar 28 2018 16:03
United Voices union members at the Orion recycling plant in east London walked off the job this morning in a historic and inspiring wildcat strike to protest against inhuman working conditions.
Wildcat Roars in West Virginia: Teachers to Stay Out on Strike
Submitted by R Totale on Mar 1 2018 19:32
Thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and other school employees across West Virginia defied union and government orders for a “cooling off” period and returned to the state capitol on Wednesday 28th Feb as strikes and protests continued. Moreover, it appears that many school sites will remain on strike on Thursday 1st March, as the strike grows more and more into the hands of the workers themselves. This post first appeared on It's Going Down.
Strikes in Ghana, 1961
In September 1961, a wildcat strike broke out amongst the railway works of Takoradi-Sekondi, spreading quickly to Accra and Kumasi and lasting seventeen days, cutting short president Kwame Nkrumah's holiday in the USSR.
Hundreds refuse to cross picket line in wildcat Crossrail strike
Submitted by Ed on Dec 14 2017 13:18
More than 200 workers at the flagship rail construction project have downed tools today in solidarity with more colleagues who have been sacked and locked out.
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 with Chinese workers, this book documents the processes of migration, changing employment relations, worker culture, and other issues related to China’s explosive growth.
8,000 workers wildcat at Vietnam footwear factory
Submitted by Mike Harman on Oct 6 2017 13:11
After 6,000 workers went on wildcat at a clothing factory in Thanh Hoa province for five days last month and won most of their demands, now 8,000 workers at Venus Vietnam Footwear Ltd. have gone on wildcat over bicycle parking restrictions.
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