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

Post strike wildcats spread

Wildcat strikes at Royal Mail have spread across London and the rest of the UK this week.

Macclesfield postal workers on official strike earlier this year

More wildcats at Royal Mail

Wildcat postal strikes have sprung up around the UK at the end of an official 48-hour Royal Mail walkout.

School bus

St. Louis bus wildcat to end

Two days into a wildcat walkout against the union they claim has misrepresented their interests, the drivers and monitors serving the St. Louis…

Mahalla strikers, September 2007

The Militancy of Mahalla al-Kubra - Joel Beinin

"For the second time in less than a year, in the final week of September the 24,000 workers of the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla…

Wildcat strike in Ghazl el-Mahalla, Egypt, 29th September 2007

Pictures of the wildcat strike of the victorious strike of thousands of textile workers in Ghazl el…

Mahalla strikers score victory

Government negotiators and labor representatives resolved early on Saturday a week-old labor dispute that had paralyzed Egypt’s largest textile…

Rural mail carriers in Alberta wildcat

Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers in northern Alberta, Canada Wildcatted on Monday September 24th. Mail delivery was cut off in Stony Plain,…

Mahalla workers' mass meeting

Egypt: Mahalla strike update

Five detained Mahalla strikers were released last night, a mass meeting of the strikers rejected compromise and security forces are beginning to…

Belgium: Techspace Aero workers launch strike

The workers voted on Monday morning to launch strike action demanding assurances over jobs.

Bangladeshi garment workers

Garment workers struggles escalate again in Bangladesh

Tejgaon, Dhaka; yesterday morning (Saturday) new clashes broke out in the city's industrial zone. Up…

300 workers walked out in support of Omar Mohamed (pictured)

300-strong wildcat in Milford Haven ends

Workers at South Hook LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) have gone back to work following a 26-hour stoppage in support of a colleague who claims to…

Jute workers attack union leaders in Bangladesh amid wider unrest

RM examines a new wave of workers' struggle in Bangladesh.