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

India: Wildcat strike at Maruti Suzuki continues, may spread

The strike at the Indian carmaker's Manesar plant has entered its sixth day, with threats of similar…

On the Line Vol. 1, No. 2 (1978)

Second issue of the Libertarian Workers Group's agitational newsletter.

Postal worker solidarity defeats compulsory overtime - Rachel Stafford

One worker's account and analysis of a wave of wildcat stoppages and collective refusals of …

Burmese workers on strike.

South-east Asia: thousands strike in Burma and Vietnam

Shoe factory workers in Burma confront notoriously tyrannical authorities while workers at Yamaha…

After the Wildcat: Another Report by Honda HMSI Worker

Detailed additional information, including participants' reports about the wildcat strike of Honda workers in Gurgaon, India in December 2010.

Death of a Worker: Work Kills at Modelama Textile Factory

In a report on the death at work of a textile factory worker and subsequent strike in Gurgaon, India.

Wisconsin – Next Stop, the General Strike!

John E Jacobson gives a summary of the movement against Gov Walker's attack on pay, conditions and collective bargaining for state workers in…

New York '75 and Wisconsin '11: The Lessons of Austerity

As struggles against austerity spread from Wisconsin to Indiana to Ohio and elsewhere, it is crucial…

A scab bus during the 1964 strike

Glasgow Busmen in action - Solidarity

This pamphlet is about the Glasgow bus strike of April 1964. It tries to draw some lessons which may be of value to other busmen and perhaps even…

Wildcat Strike at Honda HMSI in Gurgaon, Manesar

A report of a wildcat strike at Honda in Gurgaon, India in December 2010.

The 1978 Postal Wildcat

Article on the 1978 postal wildcat strike, in which Dave Cline was a key leader, based on a far more extensive paper, scholar Michael Braun has…

Chinese Honda workers strike

Auto industry strikes in China - Lance Carter

Lance Carter gives an account and analysis of the hugely successful wildcat strike wave at mostly Japanese-owned auto factories in China, 2010…