plant occupation

  • Winning a Sit-in

    Whether at Canadian auto plants or California universities, taking the place over is an increasingly popular way to fight the dramatic sacrifices demanded in this recession. How can these confrontations achieve their planners' goals? A former Harvard occupier offers lessons learned from their sit-in nine years ago.

  • Republic Factory Occupiers Meet French ‘Bossnappers’

    Chicago saw an unusual meeting of the minds last week between two groups of workers who have taken extraordinary steps when faced with a plant closing.

  • Kraft Foods Workers in Argentina Occupy Factory
    Daniel Ximenez
    Oct 30 2009 - 3:47pm

    In the Kraft Foods factory north of Buenos Aires, management touched off a firestorm of worker discontent that included a 38-day sit-in, a police attack, and marches of thousands of supporters.

  • Police Evict Kraft Workers from Factory in Argentina
    Oct 24 2009 - 1:07am

    Argentinean workers took over their cookie factory August 18 in response to intensifying attacks from their employer, Kraft Foods. The workers camped inside their plant for almost six weeks until police forced them out.