Strikes

Solidarity with striking Iceland workers

By Robert Cosgrave Workers at four Dublin stores of the supermarket chain Iceland, organised in the Independent Workers’ Union (IWU), are due to go out on strike on Friday, 19 May. At the root of this dispute is the decision by the
May 18, 2023

Delfin: English Language Teachers strike for union recognition

By Katia Hancke  “Like most labor battles, these strikes were about winning respect as much as anything else. More often than not, fights around pay are simultaneously struggles for basic human dignity…” – From “Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and
Nov 14, 2019

The powerful resurgence of US labour movement

By Laura Fitzgerald  The resurgence of a powerful US labour movement, with a militant-rank-and file its engine, shows no sign of abating in 2019. This is after a historic 2018. in which a total of 485,000 workers went on strike, more than
Oct 11, 2019

8 March: International wave of mass struggle

International Women’s Day 2019 once again became a day of struggle around the world. It is, however, difficult to get an overview of all protests writes Elin Gauffin from Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Sweden) . In some countries,
Mar 13, 2019

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Divide & Rule: Labour & the Partition of Ireland