Strike
The strike that’s driving the resistance in the US
19 September 2019A mass strike over pay and jobs at General Motors has swept across the US— Gabby Thorpe says the dispute could inspire many more workers’ struggles
Where to find your nearest climate strike rally
18 September 2019Join the action on 20 September in your local area
Royal Mail workers: fighting a package of attacks
14 September 2019This time it really is the big one. Decades of struggles over the future of Royal Mail and the postal industry have all been leading towards this pitched battle.
National strike on the cards as 125,000 university workers begin ballots
10 September 2019Around 125,000 UCU union members in universities across Britain are balloting for strikes over pay, pensions and conditions.
Strike over pay draws more workers out onto picket lines
03 September 2019A major battle over low pay and outsourcing stepped up a notch on Monday, as new groups of workers joined the strike.
What is so special about going on strike?
27 August 2019Sadie Robinson looks at what is distinctive about workers striking and why it is an especially powerful form of resistance.
Support the cleaners' all-out strike for pay
20 August 2019Striking cleaners and caterers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) have entered the fifth week of an indefinite strike over low pay and outsourcing.
Wuthering Fights—striking for the NHS in Bronte country
06 August 2019A strike by hundreds of the lowest paid NHS workers in West Yorkshire has become a flashpoint in the fight to stop privatisation.
Indefinite action is going strong in London
30 July 2019Cleaners and caterers on indefinite strike at a central London government office are ploughing ahead with an indefinite strike over low pay and outsourcing.
Walmart workers join a mass strike
16 July 2019Over 17,000 Walmart supermarket workers walked out on Wednesday of last week to join a strike movement that has the potential to bring the Chilean ruling class to its knees.
Strike to stop climate chaos
09 July 2019There are just eleven weeks to go until a critical event for everyone who wants to combat climate catastrophe.
How South African mine workers struck against sexual harassment - and won
30 June 2019On 19 June, 290 members of National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa at Lanxess Chrome Mine commenced an underground sit-in strike. The strike was against sexual harassment and in solidarity with dismissed co-workers.
‘Shame on Jeremy Hunt,’ say Foreign Office strikers
12 June 2019Striking workers jeered Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt as he passed their picket line in central London on Wednesday morning.
University workers could take to picket lines again to defend USS pensions
11 June 2019The UCU union could ballot workers across 69 universities for strikes later this year if attacks on the USS pension scheme continue.
‘We should strike to save the planet,’ say trade unionists
11 June 2019After the inspiring school student strikes over climate catastrophe, activists in workplaces are fighting to get action off the ground this September. Sadie Robinson spoke to some of them
Six reasons to march against Trump
27 May 2019The world’s most infamous racist, sexist climate denier is heading to Britain next month. Alistair Farrow looks at the impact of US president Donald Trump’s nasty policies in the US—and explains why you should join protests against him
Outsourced workers fight to win NHS pay
19 March 2019Solidarity is growing for outsourced workers’ fight for equal pay at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
‘We have millions of reasons to protest’ on International Women’s Day
01 March 2019On International Women's Day, 8 March, mass protests and strikes are planned in some countries. Sadie Robinson spoke to some of the activists involved.
Saving the planet means dumping the rich
19 February 2019The last few months has seen an explosion of inspiring struggle to fight climate change.
Pay strikes hit further education colleges
29 January 2019Workers at 12 colleges across England began a two-day strike on Tuesday to demand more pay. UCU union members at a 13th college, Kendal, will join the strike on Wednesday.
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