Local government unions submit derisory pay claim
Submitted by libcom on Jan 26 2009 17:24
UNISON, Unite and the GMB request a cost of living pay rise for council workers for 2009-10 of just 0.9%.
1951: Barcelona general strike
Submitted by Alex... on Dec 15 2008 12:14
A brief description of social conditions in post-Civil War Spain followed by an account of the Barcelona general strike of 1951. The events in Barcelona led to strikes across the country and signalled the potential for a return to working class combativity in Spain after over a decade of rule under the Franco regime.
1970-71: Uprising in Poland
Submitted by Alex... on Oct 31 2008 14:59
A short history of the 1970-71 uprising by workers in Poland which saw strikes and occupations at workplaces across the country. Although suffering savage repression, the uprising forced the government to back down over plans to increase prices of basic consumer goods.
Sweeping down on the supermarkets
Submitted by Rob Ray on Oct 30 2008 13:13
As supermarkets continue to hike their prices, it seems a response is being planned – and not before time. But will it work?
70,000 Spanish truckers strike, blockade border with France
Submitted by anarchyjordan on Jun 9 2008 19:30
French and Spanish truckers blockaded roads on the border of south-western France on 9th June in protest at rising fuel prices.
Inflation provokes more strikes in Vietnam
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jun 3 2008 16:52
An inflation rate of as high as 23% has provoked more walkouts in Vietnam's manufacturing industry.
More shoe factory strikes in Vietnam
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 24 2008 15:08
Two more shoe factories in Vietnam were on strike this month, as 4,000 workers walked out in Ho Chi Minh City while 3,000 struck at a Taiwanese owned factory in southern Long An province.
Palestine: West Bank public sector workers strike
Submitted by Ed on Feb 7 2008 12:42
Palestinian public service workers walked off their jobs Tuesday at the beginning of a two-day protest against their government's efforts to force them to pay their utility bills.
1831: Merthyr Tydfil uprising
Submitted by Mike Harman on Aug 22 2007 04:06
In 1831, Merthyr Tydfil, iron workers struck against redundancies, rising prices and bailiffs, leading to several thousand workers involved in riots that led to bloody suppression by troops and mass arrests.
1918: Rice riots and strikes in Japan
Submitted by Mike Harman on Aug 15 2007 16:46
From July-September 1918, Japan was swept with a wave of riots from rural fishing villages to major industrial centres and coal fields, in what was the largest upheaval in Japan to date, and the widest ranging popular disturbances since the unrest during the Meiji restoration of 1868.
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