#Cumbria, #UK: Electricians, joiners, pipe-fitters, riggers, welders, groundworkers and painters to begin indefinite #WorkToRule. “The money is there but it needs to find its way to our members”

https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2025/august/sellafield-construction-workers-begin-work-to-rule-after-overwhelming-ballot-result

#UnitedKingdom #union #unions #strike #strikes #Sellafield #UnionBusting #LaborRights #exploitation #ClassWar #corruption

I can tell you what happens if only a few do it: they get harassed by their admin, possibly even fired (if they haven't yet achieved tenure).

I can also tell you what happens if everyone does it, because I have seen this, too. It's called Working To Rule. It's a classic and effective type of job action that is similar to a strike, but allows you to still collect paychecks. When we did it, admin buckled within a week. Much harder to pick off and punish individuals when the entire staff maintains solidarity.

#strike #worktorule #solidarity #union #teachers #school #education

Malicious Compliance & Work to Rule: 2 easy & legal forms of sabotage to fuck with the boss:

The Durango Worker writes: "Malicious compliance (also known as malicious obedience) is the behavior of intentionally inflicting harm by strictly following the orders of a superior while knowing or intending that compliance with the orders will have an unintended or negative result. The term usually implies the following of an order in such a way that ignores or otherwise undermines the order's intent but follows it to the letter."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance

"Work-to-rule is a job action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract, and precisely follow all safety or other regulations, which may cause a slowdown or decrease in productivity, as they are no longer working during breaks or during unpaid extended hours and weekends (checking email, for instance). Such an action is considered less disruptive than a strike or lockout, and obeying the rules is less susceptible to disciplinary action. Notable examples have included nurses refusing to answer telephones, teachers refusing to work for free at night and during weekends and holidays, and police officers refusing to issue citations. Refusal to work overtime, travel on duty, or sign up to other tasks requiring employee assent are other manifestations of using work-to-rule as industrial action.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #worktorule #maliciouscompliance #sabotage #classwar #strike #solidarity #union

Episode 5: Weapons of the Weak - Everyday Resistance

https://peertube.uno/w/qQiXUGPsp6SkFdeWkviaed

#Slowdown
#WorktoRule
Good Work #Strike
Demand Letters and the #MarchontheBoss
#Sickin
Change the Balance of Power or Ignoring the Boss
Inefficiency, or the “Broken” Tool
#SitDown and Selective Strikes
#Solidarity

https://seattleiww.org/2025/01/31/how-to-fire-your-boss/

#labormovement #organize #unions
#Seattle #iww #directaction