10-11-2019 - Woman waiting for a bus, Wellsbourne village, Warwickshire, where on February 7 1872 a torchlit mass meeting of 2000 agricultural workers addressed by Primitive Methodist Joseph Arch founded the Natio... © John Harris

03-12-2018 - San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers celebrating the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contract. Low wages had required many work... © David Bacon

03-12-2018 - San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers celebrating the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contract. Low wages had required many work... © David Bacon

03-12-2018 - San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers celebrating the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contract. Low wages had required many work... © David Bacon

03-12-2018 - San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers voting to accept the new contract and celebrate the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contra... © David Bacon

03-12-2018 - San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers voting to accept the new contract and celebrate the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contra... © David Bacon

23-04-2018 - Nouvelle Aquitaine, France. Strike by SNCF railway workers © Patrick Allard

15-10-2013 - CWU members at a mass meeting following the privatisation of the Royal Mail. Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, London © Stefano Cagnoni

15-10-2013 - CWU members at a mass meeting following the privatisation of the Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, London © Stefano Cagnoni

15-10-2013 - CWU members at a mass meeting following the privatisation of the Royal Mail. Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, London © Stefano Cagnoni

15-10-2013 - Dave Ward, Ass. Gen. Sec. CWU speaking to mass meeting following the privatisation of the Royal Mail. Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, London © Stefano Cagnoni

15-10-2013 - Dave Ward, Ass. Gen. Sec. CWU, mass meeting following the privatisation of the Royal Mail. Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, London © Stefano Cagnoni

25-01-2013 - Athens, Greece-Kostas Tsikrikas, ADEDY talking to striking metro workers. The Greek government declared the strike illegal, forcing them back to work under threat of imprisonment © Socrates Baltagiannis

08-11-2012 - Councillor Richard Cornelius, Conservative leader of Barnet Council faces hostile questioning. Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's con... © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - Councillor Richard Cornelius, Conservative leader of Barnet Council faces hostile questioning. Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's con... © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's controversial One Barnet mass privatisation plan. © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's controversial One Barnet mass privatisation plan. © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - Alan Mudd, Association for Public Service Excellence. Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's controversial One Barnet mass privatisation... © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - A resident asks a question about services for people with learning difficulties. Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's controversial One... © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's controversial One Barnet mass privatisation plan. © Philip Wolmuth

08-11-2012 - Councillor Richard Cornelius, Conservative leader of Barnet Council faces hostile questioning. Barnet Alliance for Public Services meeting called to to express resident opposition to the council's con... © Philip Wolmuth

23-08-2012 - Lillian Galedo, director of Filipino Advocates for Justice, speaking. California Nurses Association and supporters protest strike at discrimination against Filipino nurses at Herrick Alta Bates Hospit... © David Bacon

23-08-2012 - California Nurses Association and supporters protest strike at discrimination against Filipino nurses at Herrick Alta Bates Hospital by its owner Summit Hospitals. They accuse Summit of moving to clos... © David Bacon

23-08-2012 - California Nurses Association and supporters protest strike at discrimination against Filipino nurses at Herrick Alta Bates Hospital by its owner Summit Hospitals. They accuse Summit of moving to clos... © David Bacon

19-07-2012 - David Handley leader of Farms For Action. Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Robert Wiseman distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

19-07-2012 - David Handley leader of Farms For Action. Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Robert Wiseman distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

19-07-2012 - David Handley leader of Farms For Action. Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Robert Wiseman distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

19-07-2012 - Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Robert Wiseman distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

19-07-2012 - Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Robert Wiseman distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

19-07-2012 - David Handley leader of farms for action, Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Morrisons distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

19-07-2012 - David Handley leader of farms for action, Farmers protest against the low price of milk. Morrisons distribution centre, near Bridgewater. © Paul Box

10-08-2011 - A joint Unite / Unsion meeting of council workers on proposals to accept a new offer or to continue strike action. © Paul Carter

10-08-2011 - A joint Unite / Unsion meeting of council workers on proposals to accept a new offer or to continue strike action. © Paul Carter

22-05-2011 - Voting at a mass meeting in Puerta del Sol on the day of local and regional elections. Demonstrators are occupying the square in protest against austerity cuts, Madrid. © Justin Tallis

22-05-2011 - Mass meeting in Puerta del Sol on the day of local and regional elections. Demonstrators are occupying the square in protest against austerity cuts, Madrid. © Justin Tallis

22-05-2011 - Mass meeting in Puerta del Sol on the day of local and regional elections. Demonstrators are occupying the square in protest against austerity cuts, Madrid. © Justin Tallis

01-04-2011 - POA prison officers mass meeting outside Winson Green Prison ?e day after the government announced its plan to privatise the Birmingham prison. © Timm Sonnenschein

01-04-2011 - POA prison officers mass meeting outside Winson Green Prison ?e day after the government announced its plan to privatise the Birmingham prison. © Timm Sonnenschein

06-03-2011 - A coalition of domestic workers and other low wage workers' organizations celebrate Women's Day, and launch a campaign to get the state of California to pass a bill of rights for domestic workers. © David Bacon

11-12-2010 - Mass meeting of workers from the HJ Heinz factory in Kitt Green, Wigan, at the Goose Green Labour Club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK, where they voted to back strike action at the company in a pay... © Paul Herrmann

11-12-2010 - Mass meeting of workers from the HJ Heinz factory in Kitt Green, Wigan, at the Goose Green Labour Club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK, where they voted to back strike action at the company in a pay... © Paul Herrmann

11-12-2010 - Mass meeting of workers from the HJ Heinz factory in Kitt Green, Wigan, at the Goose Green Labour Club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK, where they voted to back strike action at the company in a pay... © Paul Herrmann

23-11-2010 - Fair pay for all. Mass meeting of Prospect members at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) site in Aldermaston over pay. © John Harris

25-09-2010 - Indigenous Triqui women and their children protest against a killings in their communities in San Juan Copala in Oaxaca. The Triqui protestors are living in tents in the zocalo, the main plaza, in the... © David Bacon

23-06-2009 - Paul Kenny GMB speaks to the mass meeting. Picket at the refinery. Total has sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire © John Harris

23-06-2009 - Matt Wrack FBU speaking to the mass meeting. Picket at the refinery. Total sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery, Lincolnshire © John Harris

22-06-2009 - Sacked workers protest, Total Lindsey oil refinery, Immingham, Lincolnshire. Nine hundred workers at the refinery were sacked following a wildcat strike when an agreement not to cut any jobs was broke... © Christopher Thomond

19-06-2009 - Mass meeting. Picket at the refinery. Total has sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire © John Harris

19-06-2009 - Kenny Ward speaking to the mass meeting. Picket at the refinery. Total sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire © John Harris

19-06-2009 - Sack the bosses not the workers. Mass meeting at the refinery. Total sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire © John Harris

19-06-2009 - Sack the bosses not the workers. Mass meeting at the refinery. Total sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire © John Harris

17-04-2009 - Steelworkers from the Kremikovtzi steelworks gather in Sofia, as the privatised plant is threatened with closure. © Philip Wolmuth

17-04-2009 - Steelworkers from the Kremikovtzi steelworks gather in Sofia, as the privatised plant is threatened with closure. © Philip Wolmuth

03-02-2009 - Workers at Staythorpe Power Station walk out in protest of jobs being given to foreign workers. Newark. © Justin Tallis

25-04-2008 - Tony Woodley addresses members of Unite the union, at the mass meeting of workers at INEOS plant in Grangemouth. The meeting agreed unanimously to pursue strike action. © Gerry McCann

25-04-2008 - Michael Connarty, MP addresses members of Unite the union, at the mass meeting of workers at INEOS plant in Grangemouth. The meeting agreed unanimously to pursue strike action. © Gerry McCann

25-04-2008 - Michael Connarty, MP addresses members of Unite the union, at the mass meeting of workers at INEOS plant in Grangemouth. The meeting agreed unanimously to pursue strike action. © Gerry McCann

25-04-2008 - Members of Unite the union, at the mass meeting of workers at INEOS plant in Grangemouth. The meeting agreed unanimously to pursue strike action. © Gerry McCann

25-04-2008 - Members of Unite the union, at the mass meeting of workers at INEOS plant in Grangemouth. The meeting agreed unanimously to pursue strike action. © Gerry McCann

25-04-2008 - Members of Unite the union, at the mass meeting of workers at INEOS plant, Grangemouth. The meeting agreed unanimously to pursue strike action. © Gerry McCann

22-11-2007 - Engine with inscription "on a journey..."Railway workers meeting, Toulouse Matabiau railway station over planned job cuts, pensions and higher wage demands. France © Alexandre GELEBART

22-11-2007 - Railway workers meeting, Toulouse Matabiau railway station over planned job cuts, pensions and higher wage demands. France © Alexandre GELEBART

19-11-2007 - Railway maintenance works meeting. The SNCF EMT, Establishment Materiel Traction. Villeneuve Saint Georges. Strike over planned job cuts, pensions and higher wage demands. France © Gilles ROLLE

20-04-2007 - Bristol home care Assistants protest at Plans to privatise their jobs. Mass meeting at Easton community centre. © Paul Box

20-04-2007 - Bristol home care Assistants protest at Plans to privatise their jobs. Mass meeting at Easton community centre. © Paul Box

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

11-04-2005 - Workers leaving a trades union mass meeting at MG Rover Group Longbridge Birmingham. © John Harris

09-09-2000 - Shop steward speaking Unison strikers mass meeting Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

09-09-2000 - Unison strikers mass meeting Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

09-09-2000 - Unison strikers mass meeting Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

09-09-2000 - Dave Nellist speaking to Unison strikers mass meeting Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

07-09-2000 - Rodney Bickerstaffe Unison meeting strikers Russell Hall Hospital Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

07-09-2000 - Rodney Bickerstaffe Unison meeting strikers Russell Hall Hospital Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

07-09-2000 - Rodney Bickerstaffe Unison meeting strikers Russell Hall Hospital Dudley. Health workers in dispute over PFI scheme. Privatisation of NHS staff by Summit Healthcare. UK © John Harris

03-06-2000 - EMA members at a mass meeting of Manweb workers who have stopped redundancies being imposed. Chester football ground. © John Harris

03-06-2000 - AEEU & GMB members at a mass meeting of Manweb workers who have stopped redundancies being imposed. Chester football ground. © John Harris

03-06-2000 - AEEU & GMB members at a mass meeting of Manweb workers who have stopped redundancies being imposed. Chester football ground. © John Harris

03-06-2000 - AEEU & GMB members at a mass meeting of Manweb workers who have stopped redundancies being imposed. Chester football ground. © John Harris

03-06-2000 - AEEU & GMB members at a mass meeting of Manweb workers who have stopped redundancies being imposed. Chester football ground. © John Harris

18-04-2000 - 2000 Rolls Royce workers at a mass meeting, MSF and AEEU trades union members listening as local officials informed them of a proposed 2000 redundancies. © John Harris

21-02-2000 - Roger Lyons MSF, adresses Ford workers from plants at Dagenham, Dunton, Basildon & Brentwood, at a mass rally in Basildon, Essex. The meeting was part of the national one hour strike over pay and pens... © Stefano Cagnoni

21-02-2000 - Ford workers from plants at Dagenham, Dunton, Basildon & Brentwood, mainly members of MSF and the TGWU, listening to Roger Lyons, General Secretary of MSF, during a mass rally held in Basildon, Essex.... © Stefano Cagnoni

12-01-1997 - Dockers joy as mass meeting votes to continue the dispute as they did every week during the two and a half year long dock dispute inwhich 400 dockers were sacked for refusing to cross a picket line, d... © David Sinclair

20-01-1995 - Mass meeting of local council workers Coventry © John Harris

09-05-1993 - FBU mass meeting, Walsall football ground, West Midlands 1993 © John Harris

25-03-1993 - Mass meeting of FBU Firefighters, Walsall Football ground 1993 © John Harris

07-06-1990 - Beef farmers mass meeting over Mad Cow disease (BSE) and the European ban on beef exports from UK, Banbury Livestock Market, 1991. The worldwide export of British beef is banned because of Bovine Spon... © John Harris

07-06-1990 - Beef farmers mass meeting over Mad Cow disease (BSE) and the European ban on beef exports from UK, Banbury Livestock Market, 1991. The worldwide export of British beef is banned because of Bovine Spon... © John Harris

14-08-1989 - 35 hour week campaign, Bill Jordon AEU president speaking, mass meeting of British Aerospace workers launching the CSEU national levy for strike action at selected engineering companies for a 35 hour... © John Harris

14-08-1989 - 35 hour week campaign Mass meeting, British Aerospace workers launching the CSEU national levy for strike action at selected engineering companies for a 35 hour week ,CCSU campaign to reduce the hours... © John Harris

30-04-1988 - Dover NUS and P&O dispute. Seafarers mass meeting voting to continue their strike after 13 weeks. The P&O ferry company sacked the workers in an attempt to derecognise the National Union of Seamen © John Harris

30-04-1988 - Dennis Skinner speaking, Dover NUS and P&O dispute. Seafarers mass meeting voting to continue their strike after 13 weeks. The P&O ferry company sacked the workers in an attempt to derecognise the Nat... © John Harris

30-04-1988 - NUS P & O dispute. A mass meeting of seamen sacked by P&O being addressed by Jim Slater (NUS), the meeting voted to continue the 13 week strike, Dover © John Harris