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

Engineering construction strikes: days of defiance

It’s the dispute that just won’t go away. For the third time this year, thousands of engineering construction workers have gone on unofficial…

Hamim garment factory burning - Ashulia 29 6 09

Short fuse: 50,000 workers on the streets and 50 factories burning in Bangladesh

The mass unrest in the garment industry continued on Monday (29 June) for a third day...

Ashulia - garment workers continue to fight cops - 28 Jun 09

More mayhem - cops kill again as garment workers' rioting continues in Bangladesh

The unrest continues in the garment industry - another worker killed as rioting spreads across the…

Savar 27 Jun 09 - workers fight cops

Fury; garment worker shot dead in Bangladesh as workers strike and riot

The persistent outbreaks of workers' anger continue in the Bangladeshi garment industry. A strike…

Total and unions reach deal on oil refinery wildcats

Early reports indicate a deal to end the bitter jobs dispute at the Total-run Lindsey oil refinery, which has led to unofficial walkouts by…

Striking oil workers burn dismissal letters

In a show of defiance, fired workers burn dismissal letters and continue their wildcat stoppage. Includes a timeline of events.

The picture here was produced as part of a leaflet by vocational students working at LEP electronics.

1986-1987: France goes off the rails

Documents about and analysis of the mass workers struggles of students and workers in France from November 1986 to January 1987.

Oil refinery sackings spark further walkouts

Hundreds of workers across England and Wales have walked out in support of nearly 650 construction contractors sacked from the Lindsey Oil…

Total's Lindsey oil refiney in Lincolnshire.

Energy wildcat strikes spread across UK

The oil refinery wildcat strike over redundancies has escalated as workers from several power stations and oil terminals across the UK took…

Taxi drivers strike in China

More than 5 000 taxi drivers Xining, a city in the western province of Qinghai, went on strike during the night of Saturday the 13th of June over new licensing regulations.

Wildcat strike in the Philippines: Searching for Solidarity

Wildcat strike in Stockholm

Workers in the warehouse for the Swedish state’s alcohol monopoly have started a wildcat strike in response to management attempts to replace the workforce with short term workers.