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

CITU activists in 2006.

Indian construction workers wildcat

Eighteen contract labourers in a Haldia Petro unit went on a wildcat strike today after the agency that contracted them allegedly failed to clear…

Wildcat strike in South African mines

Workers at the Everest mine in South Africa have gone on wildcat strike about health and safety issues.

Israel: Dimona rail workers on wildcat strike

Workers at the Dimona train station went on strike Thursday (May 29th) to protest the firing of a veteran comrade.

Glasgow bin workers in wildcat strike

170 bin workers in Glasgow took part in wildcat strike action last Friday 23rd May.

Textile strike in Alexandria

26th May: Reports of an outbreak wildcat strike in Al-Amiriya Company for Spinning and Weaving in Alexandria. Could this be the start of a new wave of strikes?

Bus workers wildcat in Liverpool

More than 100 bus drivers staged an unofficial strike at Arriva’s Speke depot yesterday (May 7th) hitting hundreds of services.

Jamaican electricity workers wildcat strike

Wildcat industrial action by employees of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) yesterday led to power cuts affecting some 58,000 customers in…

Stella Artois wildcat ends

A wildcat strike by Stella Artois workers in Leuven, Belgium has been ended after the company came to an agreement with its workers.

Limerick bus depot

More bus wildcats in Ireland

For the second week in a row, Bus Eirann workers in the mid-west of Ireland have gone on wildcat strike

Bus drivers wildcat in Limerick

A wildcat strike of bus workers brought transport to a standstill across the west of Ireland today (Friday 4th April).

broken barricades cover

Broken Barricades: The Oaxaca Rebellion in Victory, Defeat, and Beyond - Collective Reinventions

An analysis of the 2006 Oaxaca rebellion and its contradictions. Its diversity…

Israel: El Al fires one ground crewmember suspends another for inciting wildcat

El-Al ground stewards decided to bypass the company's excess weight charge in a wildcat responding to months` neglect in addressing grievances. In retaliation, the company rooted out the alleged ring-leaders, fired one and suspended the other.