Strikes and industrial action

Boeing workers on picket line

Workers at Boeing’s commercial division in the United States overwhelmingly voted on September 12 to reject a tentative collective agreement and take strike action, reports Malik Miah.

WGA members

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) secured a tentative agreement with the major Hollywood studios and streaming companies on September 24, ending its nearly five-month-long strike, reports Malik Miah.

Actors' strike, arrests in West Papua & 10 years of offshore detention. July 22, 2023.

Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world. 

SAG-AFTRA strike

Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) — representing 160,000 actors across the United States — went on strike on July 14, joining writers on the picket lines, reports Malik Miah.

BC dockworkers strike

More than 10 days into the mass strike by Canadian dockworkers in British Columbia, dockworkers on the West Coast of the United States declared their refusal to handle containers rerouted from the struck Port of Vancouver, reports Jeff Shantz.

British Columbia port strikes

About 7400 Canadian port workers, members of the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union), have been on strike at more than 30 ports across British Columbia since July 1, reports Jeff Shantz.

South Korean labour struggle

South Korea unions are fighting back against the right-wing Yoon Suk-yeol government, reports Clive Tillman. Strikes are planned for July on the back of record-breaking May Day mobilisations.

French President Emmanuel Macron has decided at the last moment to impose his pension bill by decree, reports John Mullen.

Enterprise bargaining negotiations have come to a grinding halt since the state-wide strike where nurses and midwives laid out their position on wages and safe ratios. Chris Jenkins reports.

Ontario strike 2022

Ontario’s Conservative government has officially repealed its anti-worker, anti-union legislation, reports Jeff Shantz

I support education workers

Education workers walked off the job in protest at the Conservative Ontario government's new union-busting legislation, which is designed to undermine the right to strike, writes Jeff Shantz.

Apple workers in Newcastle bowling for strikes while on strike.

Apple workers struck for 24 hours, taking the next step in their unprecedented national industrial action campaign for a better agreement. Isaac Nellist reports.