Surprisingly or not, philosophical literature on strikes and other kinds of disruptive worker movements is very poor. My usual search engines, like Philpapers, only give one or two results. While political violence or civil disobedience attract much attention, strikes seem largely overlooked. Am I wrong? And if I am, what are good philosophical discussions to be found?
Good point! I think that a major discussion of that question is still Rosa Luxemburg's treatment of the general strike in her 1909 pamphlet (available here: http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1906/mass-strike/)
Similarly Walter Benjamin's discussion in Zur Kritik der Gewalt still repays a close reading.
You may want to have a look at André Gorz's work especially from the 1960s, especially his book "Le Socialisme difficile" (Seuil 1967).
There is a short discussion in Geoffrey Kay and James Mott, Political Order and the Law of Labour, London, MacMillan, 1982.
Thanks a lot Mr Felli! I'll have a look. But I still wonder why nothing more recent has been written on the topic in the field of analytical philosophy.
Although written in Portuguese, the book is very good:
DIREITO DE GREVE E DEMOCRACIA - Autor: JORGE BOUCINHAS FILHO - Edição: 2013, MAIO - ISBN: 9788536125343
http://www.ltreditora.com.br/livros/direito-coletivo-sindicalismo/direito-de-greve-e-democracia.html
What you ABSOLUTELY MUST read is the "Ethics of Solidarity" by one of the leading intellectuals of the Solidarity movement Jozef Tischner, It is a must when it comes to social movements and philosophy of workers resistance. You will find some excerpts here http://www.tischner.org.pl/Content/Images/tischner_3_ethics.pdf
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