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

Alitalia wildcat grounds 114 flights

A wildcat strike by Alitalia workers Thursday forced the Italian flagship airline to cancel 114 flights.

Underfunded: Lagos University Hospital

Doctors' strikes without borders

Medical doctors in Bangladesh, Nigeria and Yemen have walked out this week in rows over pay, conditions and safety.

Garment workers strike in Vietnam over management abuse

Nearly 4,000 workers at a Taiwanese footwear plant in Vietnam have gone on strike to protest alleged…

Week-long strike in Vietnam factory ends

Wildcat strikers at a South Korean owned firm returned to work yesterday 11 December gaining promises of improved working conditions.

1,300 manufacturing workers wildcat in Vietnam

The wildcat strike of more than 200 workers from a company in the central Quang Ngai Province escalated on Thursday.

More wildcats at Brighton bin depot

Bin workers in Brighton staged a wildcat walkout yesterday and have threatened strikes in the new year in protest of new rounds and redundancies.

Tajik construction workers strike in Russia

Wildcat strike of immigrant workers in Yekaterinburg.

Wildcat strikes hit three German Airbus plants

Staff at three Airbus plants in Germany staged wildcat strikes Thursday over plans by the European jet maker to spin off the factories into a new…

Wildcat strike in Tel Aviv airport

Hundreds of Israel Airports Authority employees protested yesterday afternoon opposite the organization's headquarters after declaring a general strike at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Rubbish piles up during the winter of discontent

Long lost wildcat strikes in the UK, 1960s - 1990s

Interesting article with snippets of analysis and often personal anecdotes about a number of unofficial strikes in the UK since the 1960s.

Alitalia workers wildcat

A wildcat strike by Alitalia employees on Tuesday forced the cancellation of at least 20 flights at Rome's Fiumicino airport and further disruptions at airports in Milan, Naples and Venice.

1970-71: Uprising in Poland

A short history of the 1970-71 uprising by workers in Poland which saw strikes and occupations at workplaces across the country. Although…