1857: Brazilian Slaves Strike Against ID Tags
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 18 2017 18:13
In 1857 a mix of slaves and free black labourers struck to resist an ID tag system and tax on their trade.
Edinburgh IWW statement on Scotrail/RMT railworkers strikes
in 2016 the RMT trade union conducted a serious of strikes over the issue of Driver Only Operated trains. Edinburgh IWW offered a statement in support and their solidarity.
Legal action doesn't get the goods
Submitted by Jim on Oct 28 2016 17:00
The recent employment tribunal ruling against Uber is not the end of the 'gig-economy' and might not change anything
The Dublin lockout, 1913 - John Dorney
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 31 2016 21:25
A short history of Ireland’s most significant industrial dispute: the mass lockout of 20,000 workers by 400 employers in Dublin from August 1913 to January 1914.
On the Line (December 1985)
The December 1985 issue of On the Line, a newsletter of Workers Solidarity Alliance in the New York/New Jersey area.
Against the conceptual dumbing down of the 2016 “movement” in France - Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
This is a leaflet criticising the wildly inflated claims made about the recent "movement" against the new Labour Law in France and the accompanying degradation of political language. Also included PDFs of original french leaflet and English version.
Supply Chain Inquiry, Los Angeles, 12 March 2016
Submitted by Supply Chain Re... on Mar 6 2016 17:46
"Supply Chain Worker Inquiry: China Through Los Angeles" presentation on Saturday, 12 March 2016 at The Public School Los Angeles from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Attendees will be taken through a "thought experiment" that imagines solidarity spreading throughout the entire production process, from the recently striking Yue Yuen shoe factories Dongguan, China -- through the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex -- to Walmart's distribution center in Elwood, Illinois (where in 2012 workers also went out on strike).
China supply chain inquiry report-back
Submitted by Supply Chain Re... on Dec 5 2015 15:40
In mid-November 2015 we facilitated two Supply Chain Inquiry Workshops in major cities in China. What follows are the presentation materials and report-backs from breakout discussions after the workshop.
The general strike in Salford in 1911 - Edmund and Ruth Frow
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 29 2015 21:48
Great pamphlet about the largely successful general strike for better wages, shorter hours and union recognition in Salford, northern England in 1911.
In the year 1968: on the nationwide strike and university occupation in Helsinki
Submitted by S2W on Oct 25 2015 17:25
Imagine the following situation. Due to a strike, public transportation is paralyzed all over the country. Some restaurants and shops shut their doors and 30,000 people are gathered in Helsinki to oppose the current cabinet’s austerity measures, despite of wind and rain.
