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

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…

Striking textile workers in Kafr el-Dawwar - photo by Dan Morrison on sfgate.com

Egypt's wildcat strike wave continues unabated

As reported previously on libcom, tens of thousands of workers in Egypt continue to defy their unions and the government in the nation's state…

Barbados: Publishing workers on wildcat strike

Workers at the Nation Publishing company walked out on strike on Tuesday following the sacking of a co-worker.

Bus drivers strike in Holland

Public transport was disrupted yesterday as bus drivers employed by Connexxion went on unofficial strike on 19 routes in the Amsterdam-Zaandam…