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

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…

Wildcat Strike at Lviv Stadium Building Site

The bosses lock in workers to prevent news of strike going public.

Wildcat strike by Canadian postal workers

A number of Canada Post employees in Winnipeg walked off the job Monday to protest a change in the mail sorting procedure.

1974: Dissatisfaction at Firestone

Article on a wildcat strike at a Firestone tire plant in Des Moines and the union's efforts to get the workers back to work. Appeared in Free…

Garment workers protest - May 2010

Tailoring to needs - garment worker struggles in Bangladesh

A general overview and analysis of developments in the garment worker struggles we have been…

Longshoremen solidarity strike shuts down Port of New York and New Jersey

Flying pickets have hit the Port of New York and New Jersey as Philadelphia longshore workers spread…

A Milan tram

Urban transport in Italy - Mouvement Communiste

An account and analysis of the December 2003-January 2004 wildcat strike movement of Italian transport workers over national pay negotiations.

Solidarnosc: trade unionism in Poland - Subversion

Subversion look at Solidarność's role in the uprisings which preceded the end of Stalinist rule in Poland.

Notes on the postal strike - Stanley Aronowitz and Jeremy Brecher

Root and Branch on the wildcat strike of US postal workers in 1970 and its implications.

Dhaka minimum wage protest - August 2010

The rage over the wage

The past four days have seen widespread protests and rioting against the announcement of the new minimum wage structure for Bangladeshi garment…