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News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in transport and distribution around the world.
Dover port workers to resume strike action this Thursday
Workers at Dover port are to launch a three day strike from Thursday.
Hundreds of workers employed by the Dover Harbour Board (DHB) are to take strike action against plans to outsource their jobs. The ballot organised by Unite saw 83.5% of votes returned in support.
Coastguards in 48 hour bank holiday strike
Office workers in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency strike over poor pay.
following the offer of a paltry 2.5% pay increase, well below inflation levels, 700 Rescue Co-ordinators backed by the Public and Commercial Sevices Union have taken strike action against real-terms cuts to already poor pay.
1987: The Great Workers' Struggle
A short account of the South Korean strike wave of 1987 known as the Great Workers' Struggle. Affecting most major industries and involving over a million workers, the strikes and militant tactics used won significant gains in pay and conditions for many.
The workplace struggles that took place in 1987 occurred within the wider background of political reform. For thirty years South Korea had been ruled by a military dictatorship, and growing calls for democracy had echoed across the peninsula through the 1970s and early 80s.
Strike in the docks of Constanta
Account of the recent strike at DP World Container Port in Romania.
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Strike in the docks of Constanta
