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

China on Strike cover

China on Strike: Narratives of Workers' Resistance

This book provides a revealing window into the lives and struggles of workers organizing in China’s factories. Drawing on dozens of interviews…

Textile factory in Vietnam

8,000 workers wildcat at Vietnam footwear factory

After 6,000 workers went on wildcat at a clothing factory in Thanh Hoa province for five days last month and won most of their demands, now 8,000…

Various striking workers gather around a central courtyard.

Vietnam: 6,000 workers involved in wildcat strike at clothing factory

Inhumane conditions and low wages have led to approximately 6,000 workers going on strike at a…

Strikers congregate near the police station

Port Adelaide struggles, 1928-1931

Photo gallery of the strikes and riots at Port Adelaide in Australia which began in 1928 when the employers introduced new working conditions…

Victory for Target wildcat strike as abusive manager is fired

Wildcat strikers at Target in Christiansburg, Virginia, are celebrating a victory after management…

The Amalric

The Day British Seamen Said "No!" - A history of the Amalric Revolt

This is an account of the strike of British ships’ crews in New Zealand during October and November…

Daniel Butler, General Manager at Target Christiansburg, VA

Christiansburg, VA Target workers on wildcat strike against sexual harassment and racial discrimination

Workers at a Target store Christiansburg, VA are striking to demand the firing of…

Workers fight tanks, East Germany 17 June 1953

East Germany, June 1953

A short account of the East German working class mass strike and uprising in 1953, which was crushed by Russian tanks, written by Andy Blunden in…

Anger from the underground: Bulgarian miners in wildcat strike

The miners from Obrochishte - the third largest manganese mine in the world, located in eastern…

Rebel Roo (issue 6, April 2017)

"Everywhere we’ve organised and fought, we’ve won."

I’m a Deliveroo rider. Collective action is the only way we’ll get a fair deal - Callum Cant

A re-print of a recent Guardian Comment is Free piece written by a Deliveroo rider…

McStrike in Germany, 2002

The international McStrike, 2002

A collection of writings and reports of an attempted international strike of McDonalds workers called by McDonalds Workers Resistance on 16…