Strike

Greece's "Strawberry Slaves" Protest Work Conditions

Submitted by pirate on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 22:24.

May 11, 2008

PATRAS, Greece (AFP)--Hundreds of protestors demonstrated in the southern Greek Peloponnese region to protest the working conditions of migrant farm labourers, police sources and union organisers reported.

More than a thousand people, including members of the communist-affiliated Workers Militant Front, or PAME, and several of the seasonal workers themselves, attended the demonstrations, which were called by PAME.

The protests took place in several towns in the region, including Nea Manolada and Vardas, Nikos Gontikas, a PAME official told AFP.

It was in Nea Manolada that seasonal workers held a three-day strike in early April, the first time that they had staged this kind of action. read more »

ILWU To Shut Down All West Coast Ports To Protest War

Submitted by pirate on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 18:00.

ILWU To Shut Down All West Coast To Protest War indybay Sat Apr 26 2008 read more »

French docks blockaded in strike action

Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 22:00.

Libcom.org April 23, 2008

Workers at France's seven biggest ports went on strike today to protest a government plan to sell dock-equipment management to private companies and take staff off public payrolls.

Sixty-seven vessels including thirty-nine tankers stranded at the harbor's entrance. Government officials, port managers and union representatives are yet to tally the costs of the strike. A 17-day walkout last year in Marseille alone cost Manutention Generale Mediterraneenne, the port's biggest cargo- handler, €1.5 million ($2.4 million). read more »

Anti-riot police attack Iran tyre workers Over 50 arrested, scores injured

Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 18:20.

Tehran – April 13, 2008 kargaran.org

Around 7.30pm last night, anti-riot police smashed the gates and climbed over the walls of Kian Tyre factory, in the outskirts of Tehran, to forcefully evict hundreds of striking workers. Scores were beaten up and arrested, with some needing hospital treatment. read more »

American Axle workers continue strike

Submitted by pirate on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:41.

April 5, 2008

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB ) - - The men and women who walked off their jobs at American Axle say they'll strike as long as they have to. read more »

Workers Strike at Nike Contract Factory

Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 20:31.

By VU TIEN HONG – April 1, 2008

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demanding higher pay to keep pace with skyrocketing prices, officials said Tuesday.

The workers at Ching Luh plant, in southern Long An province, went on strike Monday. They want a 20 percent bump to their $59 average monthly salaries along with better lunches at the company cafeteria, said Nguyen Van Thua, an official with the province's trade union. read more »

Workers stage violent wage protest in UAE

Submitted by pirate on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 20:47.

March 18, 2008

DUBAI (AFP) - Around 1,500 workers in the United Arab Emirates staged a violent protest for higher wages on Tuesday, setting dozens of vehicles on fire and damaging property, police said. read more »

SWAZILAND: Worst labour strife in a decade

Submitted by pirate on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 22:33.

MBABANE, 6 March 2008 (IRIN ) - A bloody week of the worst labour strife in a decade has exposed cracks in the Swazi government's poverty-alleviation plan of creating thousands of low-paying jobs by promoting a textile industry.

In the strike action, which began on 3 March, workers participating in peaceful marches to demand better salaries have been teargassed and beaten by police, and at least a dozen have reportedly been injured. More than 16,000 workers, most of them women, have been affected by the strike action. read more »

GREECE CLOSED DOWN BY WORKERS

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 12:10.

Attack on Pensions by Right Wing Government Resisted
Thomas Riggins

“Options in favor of the European Union are incompatible with any concept of measures in favor of the popular strata”—A.Papariga, General Secretary, KKE

Two days ago the Greek working class closed down Greece for 24 hours to protest another attempt by the right wing capitalist state, run by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, to mess with the pension system.

Karamanlis wants to reduce benefits and extend the working age past 65 (men) and 60 (women) despite the fact that he won re-election last year after pledging to do neither.

The typical politicians ploy of promising one thing to get elected and then reneging. read more »