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

Trolleybus Drivers have Wildcat Strike in Kiev

This morning trolleybus drivers went on strike in Ukraine.

Chinese workers clash with police after bossnapping in Bahrain

Police attacked a group of Chinese migrant workers who had taken nine of their superiors hostage near a construction site in Zallaq, 25 km south of the capital Manama.

Belgian rail-workers blockade depots as strike grows

Belgian rail-workers have organised strikes across the country after the fatal crash yesterday which left 18 people, including the train driver,…

Somerset postal workers walk out over suspensions

100 Royal Mail workers walked out on unofficial strike on 9 February against the suspension of two colleagues.

The Indian Rico strike and the aftermath: when capital wants to "de-risk"

The report of a Rico auto worker of a strike in 2009, alongside another similar struggle and general…

Helsinki docks

Shipping traffic halted by wildcat strike in Finland

More than half of Finland's freight traffic was brought to a standstill on Tuesday 2 February by a wildcat strike by 1000 stevedores in seven…

Turkey: Tekel workers take on the government and the unions

A detailed account an analysis of the struggle of thousands of Tekel workers in Turkey against mass…

Luz y Fuerza workers

Mexico: as the union drops the unwinnables and looks to negotiate, ex Luz y Fuerza workers wildcat

The long-running saga of the 44,000 ex Luz y Fuerza workers in Mexico's central…

Strike at TRW auto supplier in Germany, 2007

An account of a successful strike at TRW automobile supplier in Krefeld, Germany, April 2007.

Temp workers' strike at Citroen, France, 2007

Mouvement Communiste on a short wildcat strike of agency worker's in France in 2007.

Unoffical strike in auto-sector in Czech

300 workers were on strike because of wages in factory owned by company Grammer in town Most (North Czech) today. The strike which was organized…

1977: Egypt's bread intifada

A short history of the country-wide uprising against the termination of state subsidies for basic commodities in January 1977. Despite savage…