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

Postal workers on official strike in Kent yesterday

Royal Mail wildcats spread to north of England

The wildcat strikes at Royal Mail which began in Glasgow, spread across Scotland, and ended today also reached Newcastle, Liverpool and Chester…

Algeria: Mittal steel workers launch wildcat strike

8000 workers at sites across the country have downed tools in protest at management plans to sack 1200 workers.

Back to work, for now...

Scotland: Postal staff vote to end wildcat strike

60% of post workers from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen have voted to return to work after both a wildcat strike that started on Tuesday.

Map showing the location of the Rosh Pinah mine

Namibia: Miners in wildcat strike

About 200 workers have gone on a wildcat strike in protest against the sacking of a union leader, disrupting production at the Exxaro Rosh Pinah…

Mail begins to pile up

Royal Mail: Wildcat strikes spread as post piles up

Wildcat stoppages at Royal Mail offices in Scotland have now spread to thirteen offices. Meanwhile 200 million items of post are now undelivered,…

Postal workers on national strike over pay last week

Glasgow: 5,000 postal workers in unofficial action

During the ongoing rolling strikes over pay and conditions, thousands of postal workers launched a wildcat strike in support of colleagues who…

Yugoslav partisans

Yugoslavery: Yugoslavia - Capitalism and class struggle 1918-1967

An overview of developments in Yugoslavia between 1918 and 1967, including the wildcat strikes of…

Beleaguered: US forces in Vietnam

Korean workers riot in Vietnam, 1967 - Shelby L. Stanton

The riot by Korean workers at Vinnell Corporation, Cam Ranh Bay during the Vietnam War.

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Heinz workers defy union and walk out

Over 1,000 staff at food manufacturer Heinz's Wigan plant walked out Wednesday night over a sub-inflation pay offer, and sickness and…

Oxford postal strike continues as Abingdon wildcats

Posties on unofficial strike since Monday are due to meet this morning, as a suspended worker is re-instated after a wildcat walkout in Abingdon.

Sugar plantation workers

Mozambique sugar plantation wildcat continues

Around 4,000 workers in Sofala province having rejected government calls to return to work and a divisive offer aimed only at cane cutters and…

A sugar plantation

One dead in Mozambique wildcat strike

One person died and three others were injured, two of them seriously, when violent clashes broke out on Monday at the Mafambisse sugar plantation…