wildcat strikes

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New York postal workers on wildcat strike, 1970

New York postal workers on wildcat strike, 1970

Hindustan motors Uttarpara plant

India: Car plant workers wildcat strike

Car manufacturing workers at Hindustan Motors in India walked out on Monday.

Belgian rail carrier SNCB

Wildcat strikes continue on Belgian railways

Train drivers in Belgium are due to be returning to work following a wildcat strike yesterday which prompted transport minister André Antoine to…

A Vietnamese furniture factory

Vietnam: 3,000 factory workers wildcat

3,000 workers at a furniture factory in southern Vietnam have downed tools and walked out over low pay, state media and company officials report.

St. Anne Nackawic mill

Canada: Paper mill workers end wildcat strike

Staff at the Nackawic paper mill returned to work on Tuesday following an unofficial walkout over hiring practices.

Airbus plant

France: wildcat strike at Airbus plant in Méaulte

French workers at Airbus and one of its sub-contractors have launched wildcat strikes after a plan for job losses across Europe was unveiled.

Morgontown High School

West Virginia: 300 teachers call in sick in pay dispute

As strikes are illegal, hundreds of school workers in Monongalia County went on sick-out on Tuesday…

Grounded: Flybe aircraft at Guernsey airport

Guernsey: Airport staff win union recognition with wildcat strike

Over 30 security workers with Group 4 Securicor stopped work on Tuesday and blocked Guernsey airport…

Striking KFC workers in New Zealand, December 2005

France: Victory for KFC workers

After a three-day strike non-unionised workers at the Saint-Denis Basilique branch of KFC won a series of concessions from management.

Spontaneous walkouts hit Airbus across Europe

1,000 workers downed tools in Germany's Laupheim Airbus plant yesterday as other wildcat walkouts occurred across France and Germany as huge job…

VW workers approve longer hours despite wildcat strikes

Workers at Volkswagen AG's Belgian plant on Tuesday approved a restructuring plan to work longer…

Canada: Rail strikers defy back to work calls

Workers who have been on strike for two weeks, against the wishes of the United Transportation Union, are to vote on a new one-year deal.

Judicial Papyrus of Turin, verso ii

Records of the strike in Egypt under Ramses III, c1157BCE

A contemporary document recounting the first ever recorded labour strike, which occured in Deir el…