On Monday (19-3-12) Athens Seafarers union walked out over further cuts to their pensions. The strike was 100% solid with morning picket lines well supported. During the action a car deliberately drove off the waterfront into the sea killing the driver. It later turned out to be a suicide. Local radio reported that a small business owner killed himself to avoid his debts being thrust upon his family. His car was later winched out of the harbour by the port authorities.
Cleaners/Outsourced workers
LSE cleaners strike
Film length: 6:08 Cleaners at the LSE are striking for equality. The outsourced workers, members of the UVW,: have now taken seven days of strike action in support of their demand for the same sick […]
Cleaners/Outsourced workers
SOAS cleaners: third day of strike action
Film length: 6:24 “We’re not afraid of you anymore! The more you attack us, the stronger we become!” says Lenin Escudero, UNISON rep for the SOAS cleaners who are demanding to be brought back inhouse […]
Housing/Gentrification
Spectacular victory for St. Mungo’s Broadway strikers
Film length: 10:52 A spectacular victory – and a potentially very significant one – for St. Mungo’s Broadway housing workers, just as they were about to embark on 10 straight days of strike action. Management […]