Tag: strike

Report: Opera de Paris en Grève: The Ballet Company Striking Back Against Macron’s Pension Reforms
With strikes against sweeping pension reforms now passing the six-week mark, French arts workers are engaged in a struggle not only to secure their own futures, but the future of the country's cultural sector. Nic Murray reports.
Political Strikes in Hong Kong: Not the First, and Probably Not the Last
For almost three months, Hong Kong has seen mass protests against the extradition law amendment bill - a bill that would allow the Hong Kong government to extradite fugitives to China, threatening to undermine the autonomy of the region. Fuk Ying Tse explains the context and significance of the protests.
4 Reasons to Support Kurdish Hunger Strikers
Since November 2018, thousands of Kurdish people across the world have joined an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö lay out the reasons for supporting them.  
5 Reasons Feminists in Leeds Are Striking on 8 March
Wrenched from its radical roots in the struggles of working class women, International Women’s Day has been increasingly defanged in the name of corporate interest. Luke Dukinfield makes the case for reclaiming it.
Why Are Nurses Striking in Ireland?
After a decade of deep funding cuts and the resultant care crisis, last month Irish nurses called a three-day strike for adequate staffing and a liveable wage. With further strikes on the horizon, Oliver Eagleton takes a look at the latest iteration of public action to shake the Irish establishment in recent months.
Sacked at Christmas: Uber Eats Fires Workers for Objecting to Pay Cut
Uber Eats terminated workers' contracts in West London after a group withdrew their labour to protest against a massive drop in pay. But the couriers have joined a union and are fighting back.
Fast Food Shutdown!

Callum Cant on why it’s all kicking off everywhere (for fast food workers).
‘We’ve reached a tipping point’: Why Fast Food Workers Are Going on Strike
On Thursday 4 October fast food workers across the country are coordinating walkouts in what promises to be the first multi-workforce, national-scale hospitality industry strike in a generation. Joe Hayns caught up with some of the strikers and organisers to find out why.
“It’s strikes that win”: UCU, Students and the Fight Against Outsourcing
Over the last two days, more than 100 outsourced staff have stopped work at UoL in what will likely be the largest outsourced workers’ strike in higher education history.
Why the Pension Dispute Should Be of Concern to All University Workers

As tens of thousands of lecturers and other university staff across the country begin striking in protest against changes to their pensions, an anonymous University of London worker lays out the intricacies of the situation impacting workers in the capital.
Support the UCU Strike

Today was the first of fourteen days of strike action by the University and Colleges Union (UCU) over proposed 40% cuts to the USS pensions scheme. 61 campuses are taking part in the largest strike action in UK Higher education history. Callum Cant went to the picket lines to find out more.
Picturehouse Cinema Strikers: ‘We Need Your Help’
For three years, Picturehouse workers have been fighting their employer for a living wage. Now, they are calling on the wider movement to show up and help them get the victory they deserve.
I’m a Social Work Student Who Went on Fee Strike. Here’s What I Learned
Social work students at Goldsmiths university went on strike last year, when they discovered at the last minute that their NHS bursaries would not be enough to cover their increased course fees. One participant reflects on what he hoped to achieve and what he learned from taking part in the UK's first student fee strike.
Debt, Markets and Pepe: The Reactionary Face of LSE’s Student Body
Universities were once a hotbed of radical politics, with on campus strikes enjoying broad support from students. But the markestisation of higher education, and the coercive power of debt, is quickly eroding this legacy, at LSE and beyond.
The Security Officers Striking for Their Security
This week, security officers at the University of London went on strike to demand that they are granted the security they deserve.
Organised Rage: The LSE Cleaners Strike
The LSE cleaners, represented by United Voices of the World, have staged a two day strike to fight for sick pay, maternity and paternity leave, and pensions. Led by migrants and women, the strike shows the potential for grassroots, fighting trade unions to win big victories.
From the Women’s March to the International Women’s Strike
Cinzia Arruzza, author of Dangerous Liaisons: the Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism, explains the potential of the Women's Marches against Trump to grow into a powerful mass movement linked to wider struggles against oppression and exploitation.
London Underground Workers Relaunch Fight Against Cuts
Following huge majorities in a union ballot for renewed action against job cuts, station staff on the London Underground look set to go on strike.