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001 Belgium

Antwerpen LBC-NVK Landelijke Bedienden Centrale - Nationaal Verbond voor Kaderpersoneel




Solidarity rally with GM Opel Antwerp Workers on the European Action Day - May 3, 2007
002 Belgium
Europe wide Brussels EMF European Metalworkers' Federation
Solidarity with the workers at EADS - European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co., owner of Airbus Friday, 16 March, 2007
Multilingual European Action Day - National affiliates planning on track to protest against the Power 8 restructuring plans.
003 Brussels

Belgium ABVV/FGTB Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond/Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique
SOLIDAIRES POUR L'EMPLOI - 2 décembre 2006, Trajet Midi-Nord, Rassemblement 10h30, Place de la constitution, Boulevard du Midi


National demonstration in support of Europe strikes against Volkswagen and their attack on the workers.
004 Canada AB


ALBERTA STRIKE SOLIDARITY PAGE





005 Canada AB


Build the General Strike!




Articles and reference works on the General Strike
006 Canada AB
Brooks UFCW United Food and Commercial Workers
Terrible Tyson - Lakeside Beef plant is Alberta's Shame Local 401

Lakeside Packers workers hit picket lines on Wednesday October 12, 2005 at 6AM.
007 Canada AB
Calgary ATU Amalgamated Transit Union
Strike action commenced at 00:01 on May 18, 2007


We are one in purpose and one in support of each other to regain our lost pride & respect since the Americanization of our Company
008 Canada AB
Edmonton CAW Canadian Auto Workers
Molson Coors Local Local 284

Support the 102 workers on strike since May 30, 2007 demanding a three-year contract that would phase-out a two-tier wage system
009 Canada AB
Edmonton CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
A-Channel Strike Page


About the strike at A-Channel Independent Television Station
010 Canada AB
Edmonton UFCW United Food and Commercial Workers
Employees Demand Respect Local 401

A Superstore Strike Web site to communicate information for all striking Edmonton, Alberta Superstore and Liquorstore employees.
011 Canada BC
Burnaby
Brewery, Winery & Distillery Workers' Union
Support Brewery Workers on the picket line!


Starting May 1, 2004 members are on strike at Brewers Distributor Ltd., which is jointly owned by Labatt and Molson.
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012 Canada BC
Burnaby CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
CEP 467


February 17 2005: Workers set to strike against BCGEU. British Columbia Government Employee's Union Staff Reps shut down the union
013 Canada BC Western Canada Burnaby TWU Telecommunications Workers Union
TELUS - Another Wrong Number


More information | Lockout Update - Telus locks out its workers - Take action now | CANCEL SELECTED SERVICES
014 Canada BC Western Canada Burnaby TWU - VFC Telecommunications Workers Union - Voices For Change
On The Line: Walking the Picket Lines at TELUS


TWU Members Picketing at TELUS in an attempt to get a revised respectful collective agreement
015 Canada BC
Delta CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Local 789's Historic Strike 2003 Local 789

Features: Dumtar, Vancouver Mill 2003 Strike Vote Gallery, Dumtar's Preparations, Fortress Domtar, Discussion Forum, and more
016 Canada BC
Duncan COPE Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union
On July 12, 2006, the workers went on strike. We need your support... let them know how you feel!!! Local 15

The strikers at Island Savings Credit Union and Island Savings Insurance need your support.
017 Canada BC
Kamloops
Concerned Teachers from Kamloops and Area KTTA Kamloops Thompson Teachers' Association


Supporting the striking British Columbia Teachers' Federation throughout the fall of 2005
018 Canada BC
Kitimat CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
TUESDAY MAY 27, 2003 12:00 PM MIDNIGHT CEP 298 WENT ON STRIKE Local 298

Represents 389 workers at Eurocan pulp and paper
019 Canada BC
New Westminster CAW Canadian Auto Workers
CAW Supports TWU Workers in their Struggle for Justice


Support for our brothers and sisters in the Telecommunications Workers Union who were locked out by their employer, Telus in 2005.
020 Canada BC
Vancouver
BC Teachers' Strike




To keep you up to date of all recent developments in the BC Teachers Strike.
021 Canada BC
Vancouver
General Strike News




Reporting on efforts to prepare a General Strike as an effective fight back strategy to stop the BC Liberal/Business Council Gover
022 Canada BC
Vancouver
TWU Rock Solid




An archive of the TELUS lockout
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023 Canada BC
Vancouver BCTF British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Teachers take a stand to restore services


Job action by BC teachers began Sept. 28, 2005 at 8:30 am with a focus on withdrawing from administrative and supervisory duties.
024 Canada BC
Vancouver CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Administrative Staff Union of the BC Teachers' Federation Local 464

Pickets up as of 6:00 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2007 when the job action began to fight against contract stripping and concessions.
025 Canada BC Lower Mainland Vancouver CUPE Canadian Union of Public Employees
Fairness for Civic Workers


CUPE bargaining for better communities
026 Canada BC
Vancouver TFEU Teachers' Federation Employees' Union
Report from their striking co-worker's strike picket line. Solidarity with CEP Local 464 locked out by the BC Teachers' Federation


Solidarity news supporting their co-workers strike which began April 27, 2007
027 Canada BC
Vancouver TFEU Teachers' Federation Employees' Union
Snaps from their striking co-worker's strike picket line. Solidarity with CEP Local 464 locked out by the BC Teachers' Federation


Solidarity photos displaying support of their co-workers strike which began April 27, 2007
028 Canada BC
Victoria OPEIU Office and Professional Employees International Union

Local 798

Representing employees of BCAA
029 Canada NB
Belledune CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Photo Gallery of CEP Local 218 on Strike Local 218

Members of CEP Local 218, certified in July 2003, work for Canadian Gypsum Corporation, a USG company based out of Chicago, IL.
030 Canada NL Gander Grand Falls - Windsor Gander CMG Canadian Media Guild

CMG Gander Grand Falls - Windsor

LOCKED OUT BY CBC MANAGEMENT
031 Canada NS
Halifax
Your Dirty Answer - audra williams
Rabble Fires Moderator Audra Trower Williams - Members Call For Strike / Boycott


Get the first hand account from the employee summarily fired from rabble.ca in April, 2006
032 Canada NS
Halifax CMG Canadian Media Guild
CBC Lockout


About the CBC lock out and its effects on the Nova Scotian workers
033 Canada NS
Port Hawkesbury CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union

Local 972

The 700 workers of Clerical, Main Mill, and Woodlands divisions of Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury were locked out on 26 January, 2006
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034 Canada NT
Yellowknife PSAC Public Service Alliance of Canada
BHP Labour Watch - Reports from the striking workers at the Northern Canadian Ekati Diamond Mine


Monitors BHPBilliton's track record of Labour, Human Rights and Enviromental practices.
035 Canada ON
Brantford OFHCW Ontario Federation of Health Care Workers

Local 1110

The Unionized Employees of Nova Vita Domestic Violence Prevention Services have been on strike since November 6, 2006
036 Canada ON
Hamilton CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union SONG Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild Local 87-M

Torstar Dirty Secret! Stop the scabs and bad faith bargaining at the Brabant facility. Just Say NO to SCAB NEWSPAPERS! 2004 - 2005
037 Canada ON
Hamilton CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
The House of the Working Poor Local 87M

About the year-long struggle of Brabant strikers: Advertising; Editorial; Production; Inserters
038 Canada ON
London CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
BELL SUBCO Bargaining Update - March 24, 2005 - On STRIKE Local 46

Why We Are On Strike Against Bell
039 Canada ON Nation Wide Mississauga IBT International Brotherhood of Teamsters
SCABS Local 938

This national database of scabs is presented as a public service to each and every working woman and man.
040 Canada ON
Oakville CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Small but Mighty! They strike so their voices are heard by Ford World Headquarters after being scolded, snubbed and shunned by Ford of Canada bosses. Local 2003

16 striking powerhouse employees brought the Ford Edge / Lincoln MKX plant to a standstill. They struck Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, 2006
041 Canada ON
Oakville CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
The 16 member bargaining unit of powerhouse / wastewater treatment workers picket the Oakville Assembly Complex during the strike. Local 2003

Closer to You! - CHTV CHHamilton News with Rob Malcolm was there September 25, 2006 to report on the plant shutdown - Revver
042 Canada ON
Oakville CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
The 16 member bargaining unit of powerhouse / wastewater treatment workers picket the Oakville Assembly Complex during the strike. Local 2003

Closer to You! - CHTV CHHamilton News with Rob Malcolm was there September 25, 2006 to report on the plant shutdown - YouTube
043 Canada ON
Oakville CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
The 16 member bargaining unit of powerhouse / wastewater treatment workers picket the Oakville Assembly Complex during the strike. Local 2003

Toronto's Number One Newscast - CTV Toronto News with Christine Bentley was there September 25, 2006 on the picketline - Revver
044 Canada ON
Oakville CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
The 16 member bargaining unit of powerhouse / wastewater treatment workers picket the Oakville Assembly Complex during the strike. Local 2003

Toronto's Number One Newscast - CTV Toronto News with Christine Bentley was there September 25, 2006 on the picketline - YouTube
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045 Canada ON
Ottawa PSAC / AFPC Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction Publique du Canada




October 12, 2004 12:01 a.m. 125,000 PSAC members on strike while talks continue
046 Canada ON
Ottawa PSAC / AFPC Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction Publique du Canada
Parks Canada Agency Strike


About the Strike by Parks Canada workers beginning August 12, 2004
047 Canada ON
Ottawa TCRC / CFTC Teamsters Canada Rail Conference / Conférence ferroviaire de Teamsters Canada MWED / DPEV Maintenance of Way Employees Division / Division des préposés à l'entretien des voies


Ready to strike on CPR! The national strike is scheduled to begin at 11:59 pm (23:59) MST on Tuesday May 15, 2007.
048 Canada ON
Ottawa UTU United Transportation Union
UTU - CN National Contract Negotiations


The strike of 2,800 conductors and yard-service workers began Saturday, February 11, 2007
049 Canada ON
Sault Ste Marie
Letter from Union Negotiator Rex Beatty to CN UTU Members
Tuesday, 27 February 2007 - Positions which I truly believe are in the best interest of the Membership.


1. Vote NO on the ratification of the Tentative Agreement. 2. Sign the TCRC Cards. 3. Remain at Work.
050 Canada ON
Sault Ste Marie
Open Letter From Canadian UTU General Chairman Rex Beatty
Sunday, 25 February 2007 - Why did the General Chairpersons request the orderly return to work?


To avoid the back to work legislation in order to retain all the rights of free collective bargaining as provided under the Code.
051 Canada ON
St Thomas CAW Canadian Auto Workers
STRIKE LINE - The strike began March 10 , 2006 Local 1001

2,000 workers struck Sterling Truck plant due to unresolved issues regarding wages, time off the job, pensions and benefits.
052 Canada ON
Timmins CAW Canadian Auto Workers
Strike Update Kidd Creek Local 599

The Falconbridge strike at the Kidd Met Site picket line
053 Canada ON
Toronto
Babble Strike
The temporary home for Babble strikers and Babble refugees


Babble Strikers join in to raise the heat
054 Canada ON
Toronto
BADYEAR
Home of GOOD YEAR STRIKE


Voices the opinions of union workers at Good Year store 338 Toronto Canada
055 Canada ON
Toronto
Toronto Centre Rosedale NDP Flying Picket Squad
Lets Stand Together!


Standing together we can build a strong network of activists who can offer support whenever it is needed.
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056 Canada ON
Toronto
Toronto Police Association
Get tough on crime - Not tough on cops | The Toronto Police Services Board demands are unreasonable.


Urge the Police Services Board to withdraw their current position and to negotiate a fair and reasonable collective agreement.
057 Canada ON
Toronto
The Society of Energy Professionals
Fairness for Hydro One Energy Professionals IFPTE Local 160

Strike Coverage: News; Get the Facts; What Workers are Saying; Take Action!; Media Centre; The Striker; (infoletter) Photo Gallery
058 Canada ON
Toronto ACTRA Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
ACTRA SETS STRIKE DEADLINE


In a unanimous vote, ACTRA's negotiating committee has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Monday, January 8, 2007.
059 Canada ON
Toronto ATU Amalgamated Transit Union
Transit Union rejects TTC offer - ON STRIKE - 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2005 Local 113

Strike by 8000 members who are involved in the operation and maintenance of services related to the Toronto Transit Commission TTC
060 Canada ON Province wide Toronto CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
March 24, 2005 - Strike At Bell Subco Begins at Bell work centers to win fair wages, benefits, and working conditions.


Reports, Demands, Images, Forms & Bulletins From Your BELL - SUBCO / CEP Bargaining Committee - Shawn Cowan, Jim Fling, Sean Howes
061 Canada ON
Toronto CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Bell Information Page Local 27

Info about the Bell Subco (formerly Entourage) strike and managements difficulty in running a business.
062 Canada ON
Toronto CMG Canadian Media Guild
Corporation locks out 5,500 Guild members


Contract talks broke off on Sunday evening, August 14, 2005 after the Guild was unable to reach a compromise with CBC management.
063 Canada ON
Toronto CMG Toronto Canadian Media Guild Toronto
CBC On the Line - Front Line News Magazine


Locked out hosts, writers, producers, reporters, technicians, camera operators, set designers, researchers, administrative workers
064 Canada ON
Toronto CSA College Student Alliance
College of Applied Arts and Technology Academic Strike Information


Strike info from the organization that represents 15 colleges and 22 student councils with over 100,000 FT student members
065 Canada ON
Toronto CUPE Ontario Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario
CUPE Ontario votes to approve province-wide strike action


Sid Ryan, president of CUPE Ontario, has set February 10, 2006 as the deadline for the provincial government to meet CUPE demands.
066 Canada ON Province wide Toronto OPSEU Ontario Public Service Employees Union
March 7, 2007 - 9,200 college faculty withdrew their services in protest of deteriorating quality in Ontario college classrooms.


Bargaining to get more faculty, smaller class sizes, more faculty time, attention, & feedback for each & every individual student.
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067 Canada ON
Toronto OPSEU Ontario Public Service Employees Union




Apprenticeship Offices on the Picket Lines in March to April 2002
068 Canada ON
Toronto OPSEU Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Community College Teachers' strike, March 8, 2006


David Smiley's Photography presents George Brown College strikers
069 Canada ON
Toronto OPSEU Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Strike Footage Local 588

Broadcasting & Film professor Christopher Terry's 4 videos of the members striking for quality education, Dundas Square rally also
070 Canada ON
Toronto OPSEU Ontario Public Service Employees Union
On The Picket Lines Local 598

On April 22, 2006 the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board Staff began their strike on Wages & Bonus, and Hours of Work issues
071 Canada ON
Trenton UH UNITE HERE

Local 1764

Strike page against sock maker JB Fields
072 Canada ON
Windsor CAW Canadian Auto Workers
2004 CASINO BARGAINING UPDATES Local 444

3,500 workers strike Casino Windsor Limited April 3, 2004. Your bargaining team speaks out ...
073 Canada QC
Montreal SEMB-SAQ Syndicat des employé(e)s de magasins et de bureaux de la Societe des Alcools du Quebec
Comité paritaire des assurances - Couverture durant la grève December 1, 2004


Joint committee of the insurances - Cover during the strike December 1, 2004
074 Canada SK Regina and Prince Albert Regina CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
SGEU strike by CEP 481 Local 481

This is a diary of the strike by CEP 481, employees of SGEU
075 Canada SK Province wide Regina CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
CEP 481 on Strike is in your extended network Local 481

There are 60 employees locked out by SGEU (Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union)
076 Canada SK
Regina CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Presents the archived pages about the 126 day lockout of the SGEU Staff Union over the fall and winter of 2007, 2008


Learn about the 60 defiant strikers and their fight against their employer, a province wide public sector union!
077 Canada SK
Regina SGEU Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union
We're Strike Ready!


Members of the Bargaining Unit withdrew their services at 11:00 p.m. on December 20th in the first of a series of rotating strikes
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078 France Nord Nord Pas de Calais Haubourdin
Siemens Sava SAVA Siemens Application à Valeur Ajoutée


About the surprise plant closure and dicontinuance of operations
079 France Pyrénées Atlantiques Aquitaine Pau
Elf-résistance


Elf-resistance Multilingual Inter-union protest against the lockout of 1500 employees at Elf Exploration Production
080 Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
Gelsenkirchen
8-fold power against 'Power 8'
Proposal of the company-wide newspaper,Airplane builder" to the workforce of Airbus


For a practical program for the working-class offensive!
081 Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
Gelsenkirchen
Streik bei Airbus - 04.03.07
Against the 10,000 job reductions of 'Power 8' restructuring program of European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co., owner of Airbus
Strike at Airbus
Rote Fahne News presents up-to-date, continuing, full coverage of the international fight back against Airbus and their owner EADS
082 Germany Thüringen
Nordhausen
Strike Bike
About the 135 colleagues of the bicycle factory Bike Systems GmbH, who keep the factory occupied since 10th of July 2007


The workers have decided to resume the production of bicycles in self-management.
083 Japan Tokyo
Toshima-ku
Tokyo Strikers




Details of strikes and other actions
084 Korea

Seoul
KTX Crew Workers' Branch Union
Global Voice for Justice - Urgent Appeal for International Solidarity - Korea Railroad Corporation KORAIL workers


On March 1, 2006, 400 female KTX bullet train attendants strike against the discriminatory and unjust outsourcing practices
085 Korea

Seoul
STRIKE




The latest pictures, news, and information about the Korean labour unrest.
086 Korea

Seoul KFCITU Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Union
ACTION ALERT : Suppression on Daegu Construction Site Workers Local Union!


The Daegu Construction Site Workers Local Unionhas been on strike since June 1, 2006
087 Korea

Seoul SSSTU Sammi Specialty Steel Trade Union
AntiPasco Support Site


Sammi Workers have been struggle for their reinstaement for more than 3 year against the steel giant POSCO, which refused to succe
088 Nigeria

Lagos NLC Nigeria Labour Congress
NIGERIAN PEOPLE TO EMBARK ON 4-DAY WARNING STRIKE; OCTOBER 11 - 14, 2004


To protest the non-reversal of Petroleum products prices to their pre-September 23,2004 prices by the Government and marketers.
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089 South Africa Guateng
Johannesburg NEHAWU National Education Health and Allied Workers Union
STRIKE ACTIONS - MOTHER OF ALL STRIKES HAS BEGAN - 1 JUNE 2007


The full blown public service strike has delivered a massive impact. The workers have refused to work at key institutions.
090 Spain

Seville IWA International Workers' Association AIT Asociación International de los Trabajadores Tomares Resiste

FERROVIAL SERVICIOS S.A. employees on strike. These workers provide public cleaning service, litter collection and street cleaning
091 Spain Andalucía
Puerto Real
Grupo de Empresa Delphi Automotive - Puerto Real
WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR OUR JOBS! DELPHI IS NOT CLOSED


Crisis at Delphi' news and information is presented by the local workers' social committee
092 UK Middlesex
Uxbridge UNISON UNISON




Strike at Hillingdon Hospital
093 US AL
Decatur IAMAW International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
STRIKE HEADQUARTERS IAM River City Lodge #44

Any questions or directions to the location can be answered by your Negotiating Committee or Strike Committee.
094 US AL
Madison IAMAW International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
STRIKE 2005 - November 2 Space And Rocket City Local 2766

Boeing has issued their FINAL offer...The Members have OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED IT!!!
095 US CA
Hollywood WGA Writers Guild of America
United Hollywood


Info from the workers striking against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers AMPTP conglomerates
096 US CA
Huntington Beach IAMAW International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Strike Preparation in Full Swing IAM Local Lodge 2024