17,000 Egyptian textile workers on all-out strike
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 17 2017 15:35
Once again the workers of Mahallah have gone on strike against both management and unions over the non-payment of wages.
Union claims victory as Birmingham bins strike suspended
Submitted by QQ on Aug 16 2017 13:49
Birmingham's two-month long bin strike has been suspended following talks between the council and the Unite union via conciliation service, ACAS, with the union declaring a victory for its members.
August 11-12, 1917: when thousands of Kansas City citizens spent their weekend deporting professional strikebreakers
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 16 2017 10:21
The history of a militant strike of streetcar workers in Kansas City in 1917 by Jeff Stilley, during which the population of the town drove out scabs who had been brought in by the employers.
Thousands of junior doctors strike across Punjab
Submitted by umarbajwa on Aug 15 2017 07:40
Members of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) are on strike across the Punjab province of Pakistan.
1921: The Mitsubishi-Kawasaki Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 13 2017 10:49
A dissertation about the largest strike in pre WWII Japanese history by workers at the port of Kobe. The strike was an attempt by the workers to supplant the authority of management and secure their own autonomy. The text also covers the industrialisation of Japan and the early development of the Japanese labour movement.
Hospital workers continue striking for fairer pay
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 11 2017 09:56
Workers at St Barts hospital trust in London are set to continue one of the largest ever hospital strikes in the UK.
The Coal Miners’ General Strike of 1949-50 and the Birth of Marxist-Humanism in the U.S.
Written by Andy Philips with a foreword by Raya Dunayevska this gives an overview of the 1949-1950 US coal strike by a participant.
The Hilo massacre, 1938
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 1 2017 11:47
Detailed history of the Hilo massacre, Hawaii's Bloody Monday, when police opened fire at a crowd of unarmed striking longshoremen, injuring 50, written by William J. Puette in 1988.
Sicilian Fasci movement, 1893-4
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 31 2017 10:11
A short overview of the radical, socialistic Fasci movement of peasants and agricultural labourers in Sicily in the late 19th century.
The wonderful world of bossnapping
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 23 2017 17:22
A short introduction to and history of bossnapping - workers detaining their bosses in order to win demands - written by Evan Johnston.
