Amazon Strikes on Prime Day
Submitted by BenS6 on Jul 21 2018 09:46
Amazon warehouse workers came out on strike against appalling conditions for three days from July 16th in Madrid. 96% of the workers came out on strike. Many of these are temps. On the second day of the strike, workers were brutally attacked by riot police in an unprovoked attack resulting in several beatings.
Oil Rig Workers Strike in Norway
Submitted by BenS6 on Jul 21 2018 09:39
Workers at oil rigs in Norway went out on strike in July after there was no response from employers over demands for increased wages and pensions benefits.
Unrest in Panama
Submitted by BenS6 on Jul 21 2018 09:12
Born into a rich family in Panama, Juan Carlos Varela is an entrepreneur who is fiercely in favour of the free market. He led his conservative Panamenista Party into the elections in 2009, but was then bought off by his rival Ricardo Martinelli, who offered him the vice-presidency if he stopped running against him. In 2014 he won the presidential election, coming in on promises to develop the economic infrastructure of Panama and to proceed with urban renovation in the free trade zone city of Colon.
1968-1969: Pakistani students, workers, and peasants bring down a dictator
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 10 2018 19:03
An account of the waves of strikes and protests against the inequality, brutality and corruption of Pakistans military dictatorship.
A serious public transport strike in the Netherlands
Submitted by rooieravotr on Jul 1 2018 17:33
There is some serious strike action going on in the Netherlands in regional public transport. This is like a breath of fresh air in a country where the Right is on the rampage and workers' struggles have been quite subdued for much too long.
La grève des écoliers de Stepney
Un compte rendu court à propos de la grève par 800 élèves à Stepney, dans l’est de Londres le 27 mai 1971, qui a réussi à obtenir le retour d’un professeur qui avait été licencié pour avoir publié un livre de poésies écrites par les enfants.
Wartime strikes in Kenya - Makhan Singh
Makhan Singh on wartime strikes in Kenya, including struggles against conscript labour, railway strikes, and a general strike in Uganda in January 1945.
Shut it Down! On The Recent AT&T Strikes
Submitted by Kdog on Jun 13 2018 18:09
A striker writes on what the AT&T strike wave means, and proposes next steps in developing a direct action workers movement in North America.
Picturehouse respond with violence to living wage protest
Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Jun 6 2018 17:51
In response to a peaceful demonstration, security guards at a Picturehouse cinema assaulted protesters, called the police, and physically detained one individual for over half an hour.
Cleaners take on Canary Wharf bank to fight for living wage
Submitted by Ed on May 25 2018 10:36
Cleaners organised with the United Voices of the World union are set to strike for a living wage at the Bank of New York in Canary Wharf while cleaners' disputes continue at the London School of Economics and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
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