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

Strikers and police at Lindsey earlier in the year.

Oil refinery wildcat enters third day

Strikes at the Lindsey oil refinery in North Lincolshire entered their third day today as talks between business leaders and employees broke down…

Over 1,000 workers in unofficial strike at Lindsey Oil Refinery

French oil company Total said on Friday that 1,200 contractors have walked out on unofficial strike…

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Sacked traffic wardens continue protest in Belfast

Protests continued today for former Belfast traffic wardens after 26 were sacked in April for taking part in unofficial strike action.

Taxi drivers protest their work conditions Thursday in front of City Hall.

Cab drivers wildcat against management racism

At least 25 taxi drivers in Saskatoon, Canada, have been suspended by United Cabs after raising allegations of racism and discrimination by their…

500 Vietnamese textile workers wildcat for pay increase

About 500 workers at a joint-venture garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City have launched a wildcat strike.

Wildcats; over 15,000 Bangladeshi garment workers "go berserk" and attack factories over non-payment and low wages

Two major outbreaks of garment workers' fury have occurred this week.

Olympic site demonstration met with solidarity strike

Workers at the Total refinery at Lindsay have undertaken strike action in support of a demonstration…

Metering the measure of exploitation - auto rickshaw drivers' wildcat strike in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Rickshaw drivers across Asia have a long history of militancy, continuing to the…

Wildcat Strike at NATO International School

Teachers went on strike at a school for children of NATO officers in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Aftermath of the BDR mutiny; state murders and class struggles in Bangladesh

Updates on; 1) deaths in custody of suspects in the February Bangladeshi Rifles (BDR) army mutiny, 2…

Bus worker wildcats spread across Dublin north

The wildcat strike action taken by Dublin Bus drivers has spread to four new garages as the dispute enters its third day.

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Traffic wardens sacked over wildcat strike

Almost 30 traffic wardens in Belfast were sacked today after taking unofficial strike action earlier this month.