wildcat strikes

Content on libcom.org related to wildcat, or unofficial, strike action. Including news, history, analysis, discussion and tactics.

New York postal workers on wildcat strike, 1970

New York postal workers on wildcat strike, 1970

Intransigent inmates at Attica meet for the last time with negotiators

News of Disalienation - Jonathan Horelick

A situationist text on a wave of wildcat strikes in America in the early 1970s, the Attica prison uprising, the US left and the global situation.

Collage of photo of black car factory workers and the front of a Chrysler car which has been snipped in two

End of the Line: Wildcat Detroit, 1973 - Point Blank!

Pamphlet by San Francisco situationist group in praise of wildcat strikes at a power plant and car…

Education workers' picket line.

Conservatives back down on anti-worker law in face of general strike threat. Rank and file resolute.

Ontario’s Conservative government officially repealed its anti-worker, anti-union…

CUPE rally with flags and placards.

Education workers announce wildcat action after Ontario suspends human rights to crush their union

The Conservative government in Canada’s largest province, Ontario, took the…

Ukraine-Poland

How the inflow of Ukrainians enhances the labor struggle in Poland

This infographic from the BBC, based on UNHCR data, clearly shows which country became the main…

Mariupol

Socioeconomic protests in Ukraine and anti-police revolt in occupied Crimea

As the sensless armed conflict becomes more and more of a protracted positional character, the…

Workers holding a banner saying "ECIA LET'S TALK" form an unofficial picket line across an access road to the Petroineos plant in Grangemouth

Wildcat action to hit refineries and power plants on August 24th

Contractors working on a number of vital sites across the country, many linked to the energy…

Ukraine

Wildcat strikes in Ukraine on both sides of the front line

Labor protest actions? During the war and under the ban on street rallies by martial law? Is this…

Cover of Winter 86-87 - just text

France Winter 1986-87: The Railways Strike - Henri Simon

A text on autonomous struggles published by Echanges et Mouvement.

An image showing someone holding a bulletin reading "Wildcat Strike at Amazon" outside an Amazon warehouse

Amazon Workers' Bulletin

A bulletin produced by the Notes from Below group collecting workers' reports from Amazon, including wildcat strikes.

An image showing shelves inside a warehouse.

Wildcat strike at Amazon

A report of the recent wildcat strikes currently sweeping through Amazon warehouses in Britain, from a worker on the shopfloor. This article was…

Workers standing outside an Amazon building

How the Amazon wildcat spread

In this report, a worker in Coventry tells us how they joined the current wave of wildcat strikes sweeping through Amazon warehouses in Britain…