On 5 August the 77 day strike and occupation at the Ssangyong car plant came to an end. This militant struggle of 1700 workers which has received virtually no coverage in the official western…
In February 1984 the miners in Cortonwood, South Yorkshire learned that their pit had been earmarked for closure. After a pithead meeting they voted for a wildcat strike on March 5th. They were…
A Tale of Our Time
The case of the Neville (1) plant in County Durham is typical.
A paternalist firm with no union founded in 1983 on a trading estate on a former…
Saturday 16 May in the workers’ demonstrations for jobs and the future of FIAT workers the anger of the Pomigliano and Nola workers exploded. The latter after a hard struggle ignored by the media…
Right on cue, and exactly one year after the dispute of the 316 (see Revolutionary Perspectives 46 and 47), whilst they are talking about the closure of the whole plant and are preparing new…
IBRP Introduction
We are very pleased to have received this translation (made by the comrades themselves) from the Alliance of Revolutionary Socialists (SRS) from Russia. Although we have…
Nationalism and the Unions
In the aftermath of the Lindsey oil refinery strike, the Unite General Secretary (for the ex-Amicus bit), Derek Simpson was pictured (between two…
The anger of the workers in France is mounting as the consequences of the economic crisis begins to make itself felt. But this anger is also against the former “liberal” and radical measures of…