Strike Follow

OVER 300 TGWU union members working for the Lynx distribution company were set to strike on Friday of this week and Monday of next over pay.

CIVIL SERVICE workers sent a defiant message to the government last week by voting by almost two to one to strike against massive job cuts and attacks on public services.

‘OUR MEMBERS do not vote for strike action unless they think the situation is desperate.

THE BALLOT result is the basis for a highly successful strike next Friday.

WORKERS AT the Opel car company in Germany have shown exactly how to respond to mass redundancies—by holding a lightning strike. The strike has disrupted production across Europe.

A ONE-DAY strike across most of the public sector in Greece last week signalled a serious confrontation with the Tory government of Costas Karamanlis, which is barely six months old.

BUSINESS GROUND to a halt in Benin, West Africa, on Tuesday of last week as the country’s main trade unions began a three-day strike to demand higher pay for government employees.

ROYAL MAIL management in Peterborough came up with a deal over our outstanding bonus just hours before we were due to strike on Monday.

MANAGEMENT IN the Department for Work and Pensions were recently shocked by a five to one vote for indefinite strike at the Stratford social security office in east London.

A strike wave is under way in Brazil, reflecting growing discontent with President Lula’s Workers Party government elected in January 2003. An ongoing strike by bank workers, and action by other powerful groups, suggests the resurgence of working class struggles after years of quiet.

I WAS a cleaner at hotels in Paris. I worked for the Arcade corporation that cleaned rooms for the ACCOR group. The cleaners are mainly immigrant women. We are all in the SUD union and are fighting to defend our rights.

I HAD been taking pictures for the Yorkshire Miner and the Morning Star for years before the strike began, so I was very familiar with the issues around the dispute—job losses and the assault on communities.