Mexican workers take matters into their own hands
Mexico's Turmoil Continues: The Maquiladora Strikes
The article below has been provided by a CWO sympathiser. It gives a brief sketch of a continuing struggle where we again see workers organising themselves against their bosses and against the bosses' props, the Labor Unions. At this point the outcome of the struggle is not yet determined but even now it is clear that the struggle is part of our class's resistance against the capitalists' crisis-driven onslaught.
The Courtaulds Red Scar Mill strike, 1965
A short history of the unofficial strike at Courtauld's Red Scar Mill in Preston, 1965, the first of what would become a long list of significant 'migrant strikes' (such as Mansfield Hosiery in 1972, Standard Telephones and Cables in 1973, Imperial Typewriters in 1974 and, of course, Grunwick in 1976).
Wildcat homers, gamifying work and workplace-whanau in the meat industry
Toby Boraman's academic article on the informal resistance by Aotearoa meatworkers in 1970s.
Wildcat at Orion
An in-depth report from the recent wildcat strike at the Orion recycling plant in East London. This report first appeared on Notes from Below.
Mass wildcat strike by Kentucky teachers
Workers wildcat at East London recycling plant
Wildcat Roars in West Virginia: Teachers to Stay Out on Strike
Thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and other school employees across West Virginia defied union and government orders for a “cooling off” period and returned to the state capitol on Wednesday 28th Feb as strikes and protests continued. Moreover, it appears that many school sites will remain on strike on Thursday 1st March, as the strike grows more and more into the hands of the workers themselves. This post first appeared on It's Going Down.
Wildcat strike at Ford in Craiova
On December 21, 2017, about 1.000 workers out of the total workforce of 4.200 carried out a wildcat strike at the Ford plant in Craiova, Romania. The Ford Automobile Craiova union had signed a contract that triggered protests amongst the workers. In that agreement, overtime bonus is being cut and flexible shift plans are being established.