Port Adelaide struggles, 1928-1931
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2017 17:45
Photo gallery of the strikes and riots at Port Adelaide in Australia which began in 1928 when the employers introduced new working conditions. They cut workers' break time - when workers already did 16 to 48 hour shifts, and crucially strengthened the "bull system", whereby bosses would handpick workers. This meant not only workers having to wait around for hours each day to potentially not get any work but also that union workers could be denied hiring. Union leaders rapidly called off the action but workers continued to fight for three years.
Victory for Target wildcat strike as abusive manager is fired
Submitted by Ed on Sep 9 2017 19:48
Wildcat strikers at Target in Christiansburg, Virginia, are celebrating a victory after management agreed to meet their first demand, firing abusive manager Daniel Butler.
How to kill an Act of Parliament – Jack Ray
Submitted by RobynK on Aug 23 2017 07:54
The story of the legislation that led to the jailing of the Pentonville Five, the 1971 Industrial Relations Act. Published as follows during 2012 in the Black Flag, issue 235.
Christiansburg, VA Target workers on wildcat strike against sexual harassment and racial discrimination
Submitted by Mike Harman on Aug 23 2017 05:08
Workers at a Target store Christiansburg, VA are striking to demand the firing of General Manager Daniel Butler after multiple testimonies alleging abuse including sexual harassment and racial discrimination. There will be a picket outside the store on August 23rd.
East Germany, June 1953
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 16 2017 18:42
A short account of the East German working class mass strike and uprising in 1953, which was crushed by Russian tanks, written by Andy Blunden in 1993.
Anger from the underground: Bulgarian miners in wildcat strike
Submitted by evgeni5150 on Jun 5 2017 21:37
The miners from Obrochishte - the third largest manganese mine in the world, located in eastern Bulgaria, went on wildcat strike on 01.06.2017. The strike was supported by the anarchosyndicalists from ARS (Avtonomen Rabotnicheski Sindikat / Autonomous Workers Union), while the bureaucratic union in the mine opposed the strike and sided with the bosses.
Rebel Roo (issue 6, April 2017)
"Everywhere we’ve organised and fought, we’ve won."
I’m a Deliveroo rider. Collective action is the only way we’ll get a fair deal - Callum Cant
A re-print of a recent Guardian Comment is Free piece written by a Deliveroo rider discussing the need for organisation and action to improve conditions on the job.
The international McStrike, 2002
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 18 2017 17:54
A collection of writings and reports of an attempted international strike of McDonalds workers called by McDonalds Workers Resistance on 16 October 2002.
Is the working class movement dead?
The following article is loosely based on the notes for a pre-discussion talk by an AF member to a libertarian socialist discussion meeting in Leicester, 25 January 2017.
