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

Bus workers on strike, 1918

The London transport women workers' strike, 1918 - Ken Weller

A short history of the partially successful wildcat strike of women workers in London's public…

Wither the NLRB?

A blog exploring what appears to be a turn away from NLRB elections by the mainstream unions in America. Why is this happening and what does it tell us about the state of working class self…

Wir Wollen Alles - Vogliamo Tutto

External and internal militants: Workers autonomy in Porto Marghera seen from West Germany 1971-1974 - Karl-Heinz Roth

A text describing the relationship between the struggles and ideas of the workers…

Fires set during farm workers' protests.

Uprising in the Cape Winelands - self-organised farmworkers reject union attempts to end their strike

Driving through the Hex River Valley after Wednesday’s chaotic protests feels like…

Police van overturned during farm workers riot, Nov 14 2012.

Self-organised strikes on the mines and farms in South Africa

Two interesting new articles on the self-organised wave of strikes in South Africa that has now…

Massacre at Marikana: the fight continues in South Africa

Mineworkers of the Marikana diamond mine in South Africa are continuing their strike. Their perseverence comes after violent police efforts to suppress the strike, efforts culminating in a horrendous bloodbath on 16 August, when police machinegunned protesting miners, killing 34 and arresting at least 250 of them.

Signed, sealed and delivered: 1978 strike against mandatory overtime, speedups and hazardous working conditions

On July 21, 1978 thousands of postal workers walked off the job, saying "No" to…

South African bosses suspend 15,000 gold miners over wildcat strike

In the South African region of West Rand, Gold Fields, one of the world’s largest producers of gold…

The Marikana massacre: a glimpse of the men behind the numbers

The City Press, a mainstream newspaper in South Africa, has published short obituaries of the striking miners gunned down by the ANC government.

Wildcat strike in Antep, Turkey: “We want to live like human beings”

The textile workers in the organised industrial zone of Antep, a city on the border of the Kurdish…

Construction workers clash with police on Melbourne picket line

Police have clashed with striking construction workers in Melbourne. The strikers have been…

The Marikana massacre: a premeditated killing?

Benjamin Fogel on the Lonmin Massacre and the chilling bloodlust of the Stalinists in the South African Communist Party.