strike

  • Steward's Corner: Remember the Past, and Use It
    Craig Merrilees, Gillian Furst
    Nov 20 2009 - 6:01pm
    In San Francisco in 1934, heavily armed police and company thugs attacked striking maritime workers on the waterfront. The massive funeral procession that followed won public support and inspired workers—including Teamsters members who overruled their president to support a general strike that lasted several days, and spread fear among civic leaders, business owners, and politicians.
  • University of Illinois Caves After Two-Day Grad Strike
    Peter Campbell
    Nov 18 2009 - 8:09pm

    University of Illinois graduate employees ended a two-day strike with the school agreeing to key union demands. Assertive unions can turn back the erosion of conditions on campus, strikers said.

  • Steelworkers Take Fight at Canadian Mine Global

    Steelworkers at nickel giant Vale Inco’s operations in Sudbury and Voisey Bay in Canada have been on strike since July. After rejecting contracts calling for deep concessions, Steelworkers (USW) members there find themselves in the midst of one of the largest battles in their history.

  • National Work Stoppage in Mexico Demands Reversal on Power Co. Takeover
    Dan La Botz
    Nov 13 2009 - 4:36pm

    Tens of thousands of Mexican workers joined a national work stoppage to restore the Electrical Workers union, but despite large and militant protests, it's unlikely the government will be moved.

  • "Irresponsible" Striking

    We’ve known for a while now that the economic crisis has dampened the willingness of workers to head out on strike (with some courageous exceptions). That’s partly due to the business class and the corporate press, who take every opportunity to poison the atmosphere against rank and filers who dare to resist corporate demands.

  • How Dare You, Transit Striker!

    Hey, did you hear about the World Series fans that were nearly stranded in South Philadelphia due to a transit shutdown? Probably. See any stories on striking drivers or mechanics, or their struggles to endure? Probably not. The pressure on the union during Philadelphia's transit strike is relentless.

  • San Francisco Hotel Workers Walk Out
    Catherine-Mercedes B. Judge
    Nov 10 2009 - 4:20pm

    Hotel workers at two San Francisco hotels have announced three-day strikes in the last week. The actions come during a major push at the city's hotels, where union workers are fighting a host of concession demands.

  • 10-Week Chicago Teamsters Strike Wins Back Health Care
    Enku Ide
    Nov 5 2009 - 4:43pm

    When SK Hand Tools in Chicago unilaterally dropped health insurance and tried to strip pensions and cut pay, workers headed to picket lines. Now they're returning to work after 10 weeks on strike, having saved their health care and pensions.

  • "We Had Royal Mail, and We Let It Go"… But Not This Time
    Sheila Cohen
    Oct 30 2009 - 10:19am

    Following strikes in 2007, UK postal workers are walking out again over pay cuts, speed up, and government privatization schemes—77,000 mail carriers will walk out on October 31.

  • Mexican Electrical Union Calls for National Strike
    Dan La Botz
    Oct 24 2009 - 1:12am

    Leaders of the besieged Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) are calling on other unions throughout Mexico to mount a national strike to force the government to revoke its liquidation of the Light and Power Company. The union called for a strike after walking out of negotiations with the government, talks leaders characterized as a “farce.”