Many universities now occupied
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 10 2006 19:42
Rough translation of an article taken from French broadsheet Le Monde, summarising the situation as it stands across France [as of 8pm Friday].
Israel: Ashdod Port shut down by wildcat strike
Submitted by libcom on Mar 9 2006 13:18
Hundreds of port workers yesterday extended disruptions to service to a full wildcat stoppage over pay demands in defiance of bosses and unions.
1995: The JJ Foods Strike
Submitted by martinh on Mar 9 2006 13:09
On October 31st 95, forty five workers at JJ Fast Food Distribution Ltd. in Tottenham were sacked for joining the T&G.
The Full Sutton prisoners' strike
A brief account of a strike of around 250 prisoners at Full Sutton prison in England, from Black Flag magazine #207.
UK: Plymouth postie walkout
Submitted by libcom on Mar 6 2006 15:16
Postmen in Plymouth staged a six-hour walkout at midnight on Monday over changes to shift patterns.
Mexico: Nationwide wildcat miners’ strike
Submitted by libcom on Mar 5 2006 15:19
More than a quarter of a million miners and steelworkers walked off the job between March 1 - 3 in wildcat strikes at 70 companies in at least eight states from central to northern Mexico virtually paralysing the mining industry.
Finland: indefinite transport strike to start
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 4 2006 15:28
Workers at 21 road haulage firms, 56 bus companies and ten warehouse terminals are to go on indefinite strike in Finland from Sunday, 6pm.
South Korea: Hundreds of rail workers arrested
Submitted by libcom on Mar 4 2006 15:22
231 railway workers were arrested and 2,244 workers were suspended during the third day of a mass strike in South Korea.
