The UK coalminers’ dispute, 1973-4
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 11 2017 14:29
A short account of the national coal miners’ dispute in the winter of 1973-4 which led to the three-day week, the collapse of the Conservative government and a 35% pay increase for the miners.
Wages so low you'll freak - Mike Pudd'nhead
A book by Mike Pudd'nhead about his experience working at Jimmy Johns in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and attempting to organize a union with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) from 2007-2011.
Free parking - Phinneas Gage
Submitted by Recomposition on Aug 28 2016 23:24
In this piece Phinneas Gage recalls the challenges of organizing under punitive back to work legislation and the effect it had on shop floor organising. As tensions grow over a dispute about the safety of various parking arrangements around renovated facilities the shop again begins to mobilise. Then tragedy strikes and the workers are reminded that sometimes the cost of a partial victory can be as great as any defeat.
Dockers boycott SS Jolly George, 1920
Submitted by Steven. on May 10 2016 09:53
A short account of UK dockworkers who in May 1920 refuse to load a ship carrying armaments bound for use against the revolution in Russia.
Building a community: construction workers in Stevenage 1950-1970
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 12 2016 13:53
Interesting pamphlet about the workers who built the new town of Stevenage, commissioned by the government in 1946. Constructed from interviews with the workers themselves, they discuss their disputes with the employers and their building of a community.
Building the Barbican 1962-1982: taking the industry out of the dark ages
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 12 2016 12:25
Fantastic pamphlet on the workers' struggles during the construction of the brutalist masterpiece the Barbican in central London. Told largely in the words of the workers themselves.
Industrial action by NHS doctors, 1975 - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 2 2015 12:16
A short history of the three sets of industrial action which were undertaken by consultants and junior doctors respectively in the UK in 1975. Though both were very different in content, both were largely successful.
Jimmy John's Workers Picket in Baltimore
Submitted by Fnordie on Oct 20 2014 22:14
On October 19th, members of the IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union picketed their workplace to demand the rehiring of a worker who was targeted for his union membership.
Baltimore Jimmy John’s workers stop work, march on boss
Submitted by Fnordie on Aug 26 2014 04:25
On August 22nd, Jimmy John’s workers in Baltimore engaged in a short work stoppage and marched on the boss to demand the right to organize without retaliation.
Sabotage: a study in industrial conflict - Geoff Brown
Submitted by Steven. on May 18 2014 13:03
A superb and detailed 1977 study of the practice of worker sabotage of production, particularly by go-slows from the late 19th century to the late 20th.
