The Luddites: machine-breaking in regency England
Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 3 2016 23:00
A historical overview and analysis of the Luddite movement 1811-1816 which swept parts of the UK as workers smashed machines to defend their jobs, pay and conditions.
Foodora strikes in Italy: the dark side of the sharing economy
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Oct 30 2016 18:07
Couriers for the Foodora food delivery app have been taking strike action, raising more questions about the 'gig economy' and how workers in it can organise.
21st October: a day of general strike
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Oct 24 2016 22:00
On 21 October, over 1.3 million workers took part in a general strike called by a number of base trade unions (USB, S.I. Cobas, Unicobas, Adl Cobas, Cub Lazio) and joined by many organisations and local groups throughout Italy.
The Iceland women’s strike, 1975
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 24 2016 14:17
A short history of the strike, or day off, by 90% of women in Iceland for equality with men on 24 October, 1975, written by Steven Johns.
An account of the BFI strike, 1974
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 22 2016 14:56
A short personal account of a strike at the British Film Institute in 1974 by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
An account of the British Film Institute strikes, 2002
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 22 2016 14:41
A short personal account of the strikes at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London in 2002.
Modern day slavery in the USA
Submitted by AWSM on Oct 8 2016 07:23
Since the 45th Anniversary of the Attica prison riots – September 9th, 2016 – an estimated 24,000 people have been on strike in the USA. If you haven’t heard of the strike you are not alone. It has mostly been ignored by the mainstream media and even much of the Left. This is because the strikers are made up of a group who usually don’t feature in strikes: prison workers.
A general strike starting from refinery workers at the caribbean island of Curacao - awaiting new masters from China
Submitted by Fredo Corvo on Oct 5 2016 08:36
The strike of a week of refinery workers, followed by the general strike on September 15 in Curacao, has aroused much interest in the Caribbean. In particular, the fact that a mysterious third party showed up paying over 1.8 million ANG [Antillean Guilder (ANG). Per 23-9-2016 1 ANG = 0,50 EUR or US$ 0,57] in back wages, has caused astonishment. F.e. Surinam media reported extensively on the workers' actions. One remembers the Curacao strikes and riots of May 30 1969, that were repressed by Dutch marines, and that led to changes in policy.
Bloodshed in Bayonne
Submitted by Tom McDonough on Oct 4 2016 17:35
October 8, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the strike at Standard Oil’s Bayonne, N.J., refineries. In the course of the ten-day strike, 4 people were killed and 86 wounded. The free press demonstrated collusion between the corporation and the city authorities in what John Reed described as a police riot. Yet, not a word of this is mentioned in the Rockefeller biographies.
The French Silk Workers Revolt of 1834
Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 19 2016 19:59
A short account of the Lyon silk workers strike of 1834
