With UAW’s successful strike, the union’s president Shawn Fain has an idea for a larger labor movement in the United States, including a possible general strike.

Cities and rural towns across South Africa were shut down today as the new South African Federation of Trade Unions, which is independent of the ruling ANC, and driven by the militant National Union ...

A general strike is an organized work stoppage by a large number of employees across a broad spectrum of industries in an effort to advance a political or economic goal.. More common in Europe ...

The writers and actors strike is getting a boost from the comics world and a new superhero named General Strike. Indie publisher Black Mask Studios, run by Matteo Pizzolo, is putting together a ...

He writes, for example, that “Sorel argued that the general strike was the utlimate weapon in the arsenal of revolution, one that would lead to an apocalyptic transformation from capitalism to ...

A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions around the country on Monday, including at its main ...

Strike participation rates reached record highs today as workers across Morocco joined a national general strike to protest strike law, among other issues, according to estimates compiled by unions.

We asked scholars how a general strike might play out in the United States As the pandemic decimates the economy, speculation abounds that the US may be due for an unprecedented labor action.

In 1945 a general strike involving tens of thousands of workers began with railway workers, then spread to other nationalised industries including dock and civil service workers, with workers at ...

TikTokers tried to use their clout to organize a general labor strike on October 15. But the movement fell apart for a variety of reasons.

General Motors has laid off about 2,155 in Indiana, Ohio, Kansas and New York. These estimates do not include supplier layoffs. Related: UAW strike could have ‘devastating’ impact on West ...

Argentine unions launched a huge general strike on Thursday against painful austerity measures and planned reforms by new libertarian President Javier Milei, whose cost-cutting drive has ...