History articles tagged with strikes

Gurgaon Workers News No.13 - October 2008

catch — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:19:08 +0000

Gurgaon Workers News - Newsletter 13 (October 2008)

1987: The Great Workers' Struggle

Alex... — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:23:39 +0000

The workplace struggles that took place in 1987 occurred within the wider background of political reform. For thirty years South Korea had been ruled by a military dictatorship, and growing calls for democracy had echoed across the peninsula through the 1970s and early 80s.

Tongan riots, 2006

catch — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:54:16 +0000

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The Tongan riot is part of a wider surge in class struggle in the Pacific since 2005. Since this date, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti have experienced major strikes, and Tonga and the Solomons have experienced riots.

1962-1973: Worker and student struggles in Italy

Alex... — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:34:32 +0000

Rising from a period of centre-left coalition that had been marked by a constant failure to bring promised reforms to Italian society, the struggles of the 1960s acted as a pressure gauge for many sections of the Italian working class, one which was to reach its climax during the mass strikes of 1968-1970.

1998: Danish private sector strike

Alex... — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:22:08 +0000

April of 1998 saw a series of talks between private sector unions and employers in Denmark. Initiated by the unions in response to a general economic upturn in the country, the talks represented for many Danish workers the chance for improvements to their working conditions.

The Korean working class: From mass strike to casualization and retreat, 1987-2007

catch — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:37:55 +0000

The Korean Working Class: From Mass Strike to Casualization and Retreat, 1987-2007

Loren Goldner

ABSTRACT

1970: US national postal strike

Alex... — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:12:01 +0000

Beginning on the morning of March 18, the strike had been precipitated by months of stalling by union leaders and government officials. With no rights to collective bargaining, and having not seen wages increase between 1967 and 1969, anger amongst postal workers had been simmering for years.

The Good and Bad Old Days - The Whinger

Ret Marut — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:32:53 +0000

These notes are not revolutionary, they don't even claim to be radical,... I_just nicked them and adapted them from an old seventies cyclopedia I found in a charity shop!. But they do tell a story, and they illustrate a big process of change at a critical turning point.

From; The Whinger - Irregular journal of hysterical madterialism; No. 6, Oct 2007.

Oil workers struggles in Venezuela under Chavez, 2007

OliverTwister — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:07:13 +0000

We are publishing our response to a letter sent by a reader from Brazil (T), who asks our opinion about an article he received, from which we are publishing some extracts, and which covers the struggles and mobilizations of the workers against the state oil company "Petroleos de Venezuela" (PDVSA) last September, demanding better wages and contractual benefits.

1911: Liverpool general transport strike

Alex... — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:33:16 +0000

The strike movement of Liverpool occurred during the great period of industrial unrest that was to grip Britain between 1910 and the outbreak of the First World War. Beginning with a walk-out of seamen, the strike soon snowballed and went on to reach epic proportions, involving up to 70,000 people.

Women in the 1919 Winnipeg strike - Fireweed

antrophe — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:45:07 +0000

"In the coming days women would take their place side by side with men, not as dependents or inferiors but as equals. Thus there would be better relationships based on fundamental love and affinity. This strike was part of the great movement for the emancipation of women.

1919: US steel strike

David in Atlanta — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:18:01 +0000

1919 Steel Strike
October 3, 1919

The Steel Strike Still Holds Public Attention

October 10, 1919

The Steel Strike is Still On
With Few if Any Changes

1935: Battle of Ballantyne Pier

Alex... — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:01:51 +0000

The story of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier can be traced back to 1912 when the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), began organising amongst waterfront workers in Canada, and alongside the Lumber Handlers’ Union in Vancouver.

1912: The Lena Massacre

Alex... — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:33:13 +0000

Situated in the dense forest of south-east Siberia, the massive goldfields that lined the river Lena were, at the turn of the century, amongst the most profitable enterprises in the Russian Empire. The Lena Gold Mining Joint Stock Company (Lenzoloto), the principal owner of the majority of goldfields in the region, was running at profits of 7,000,000 roubles a year.

Mount Isa: the great Queensland strike - Solidarity

captain soap — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:51:31 +0000

The Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919: The Forgotten Revolution - Alan Woods

catch — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:14:25 +0000

November 12, 1979

Poland 1956 - Vladan Vukliš

catch — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:32:47 +0000

This is an English translation of the original Serbian. Further editing by libcom from the translated version.

Polish Revolt of 1956

Hungarian revolution 1956 - Scorcher publications

catch — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:59:52 +0000

Online version by http://www.af-north.org

Before October....

Privatisation by the back door: The health workers’ strike and the future of medical care in Poland

Steven. — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:31:28 +0000

Some hospitals have given up the strike, some hospitals are concluding private deals with doctors. Nurses have organised separately from the doctors with a slightly different agenda. And it well may turn out that the results of the strike are strikingly different salaries for health care workers throughout Poland and increased privatization of the health care industry.

1942: Luxembourg post office strike

catch — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:21:37 +0000

George Kieffer was born in 1950, the son of Michel Kieffer, a technician of the Telephone Department of the Luxembourg Post Office, who was active with his wife in the Resistance during the Second World War. Following the death of his father, George, who now lives in England, transferred the former's collection of papers, documents and medals to the Second World War Experience Centre.