The revolutionary labor movement has achieved concrete improvements in labor rights (which are part of civil rights in a broad sense, such as freedom of association, the right to strike, and collective bargaining) through direct action that temporarily disrupts commerce and industry, such as general strikes and acts of sabotage.
These disruptions are not permanent vandalism, but strategic tools of pressure: unions paralyze production or transportation to force immediate concessions from employers and governments, without relying on political parties or parliaments. Sabotage (work slowdowns, selective damage to machinery, or cutting of lines) was explicitly part of the doctrine of French syndicalism and organizations such as the CGT or the IWW, according to their own principles.
