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

Ireland: Domino's drivers on strike

Workers at the Tallaght branch of Domino's Pizza went on strike Friday night over wages.

Wildcat strike at Alstom factory

Sixty workers at the Alstom plant in Belfort have been on strike indefinitely since the 13th of November, demanding and end of year bonus of…

Mass sick-in by Canadian hospital staff

On Friday, around 125 hospital tech staff in the Cape Breton district called in sick.

A new kind of strike in France (Citroën etc.), 2005

Strike at Citroën Aulnay, 2005

Poland postal strike: new developments

An update on the postal workers strike in Poland. As it has spread bosses have offered a pay increase, but way below workers' demands.

Spontaneous strikes at Fiat Mirafiori, Italy, 2005

Short article about a brief wildcat strike at Fiat on 21 April 2005.

Poland: Postal workers strike

Mail carriers across Poland are strike for better pay and working conditions. Polish anarchists report on the stoppage and actions they have…

Postal worker facing sack for refusing to deliver homophobic pamphlet

A letter carrier in Canada who refused to deliver a homophobic pamphlet for Canada Post in late…

Non-union pork plant workers walk out

Hundreds of, largely Hispanic, non-union pork plant workers walked out on strike yesterday against poor working conditions and unfair dismissals.

One week wildcat strike at General Motors/Opel in Bochum, 2004

Violence - the standard way workers' organisation was dealt with until recently

Wildcat or official strike action?

A discussion of the relative merits of official strike action or unsanctioned wildcat action. Wildcat action has the benefits of being outside…