Submitted on Mon, 11/27/2006 - 12:06am
By Marie Trigona - Znet, November 09, 2006.
In recent years leading up to Argentina's 2001 financial crisis, thousands of factories have closed and millions of jobs have been lost. Many workers have decided to defeat the destiny of unemployment, taking over their workplace and recuperating their dignity as workers. More than 180 recuperated enterprises are up and running, employing more than 10,000 Argentine workers at cooperative-run businesses, which were closed down by bosses and reopened by employees. In almost all cases workers took over businesses that had been abandoned or closed by their owners in the midst of a financial crisis.
Many worker controlled factories today face hostility and frequently violence from the state. Workers have had to organize themselves against violent eviction attempts and other acts of state violence. This impacts the workers and the enterprises as it means that employees have to leave the work place, invest energy in a legal battle and fight for laws in favor of worker recuperated businesses.
To counter oppose an uncertain legal future, many recuperated enterprises have mobilized to press for the government to resolve their cooperative's legal status. On October 27, workers from Renacer domestic appliance cooperative, CUC worker run shoe company, BAUEN hotel, City Hotel, Bahía Blanca ex-Paloni slaughter house, La Foresta meat packing cooperative and Zanon-FaSinPat worker run ceramics plant rallied outside a federal court to push for a national expropriation law.
Submitted on Thu, 11/02/2006 - 3:16am
Friends:
Eric Larson, an IWW member and long-time supporter of the SWU, is in grave danger along with many indigenous workers in a home in Oaxaca. Eric and his companeros could be seriously wounded or worse tonight and they're asking for help immediately. Eric is a thoughtful, kind, and generous unionist and his comrades are remarkable activists as well. I know you receive many e-mail pleas but I implore you to take the time to respond to this one immediately. The ruling party could lay siege to their home any minute now. We don't need anymore martyrs ripped from their families and friends in Oaxaca. The call for help from Oaxaca follows.
In Solidarity,
Daniel Gross
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Submitted on Mon, 10/30/2006 - 7:39pm
Laboral / Economía
Sevilla 14/10/2006 Reparto de prensa
CNT convoca huelga indefinida en el reparto de prensa a subscriptores de Sevilla Se verán afectados los periódicos de pago de Sevilla y provincia
Rotas esta semana las negociaciones que comenzaron hace seis meses entre trabajadores y empresa, CNT convoca para el viernes huelga indefinida donde demandan el cumplimiento del 80% de los artículos recogidos en el convenio.
CNT-AIT, único sindicato en la empresa, anuncia el inicio de la huelga indefinida en Disprensur S.L.U., la entidad encargada de llevar los periódicos a la dirección de los subscriptores a estos medios. Salvo que la empresa "atienda a razones" la huelga comienza el próximo viernes.
Los empleados denuncian jornadas diarias hasta de doce horas de trabajo, donde incluso, como ejemplo, llegan a prolongar la jornada desde la noche hasta la una de la tarde para cumplir esas doce horas. Incumplimiento que desencadena en incumplir las horas previstas en el descanso entre jornada y jornada.
Submitted on Mon, 10/30/2006 - 5:16pm
Le 30 Septembre 2006 - Au gouvernement fédéral du Mexique
L’Union nationale des travailleurs de l’éducation – section 22 (Syndicat national des travailleurs de l’Éducation – Coordination nationale des travailleurs de l’Éducation SNTE-CNTE),
l’Assemblée populaire du peuple de Oaxaca (Asambleas Populares del Pueblo de Oaxaca), et le peuple de Oaxaca.
Submitted on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 5:35pm
Disclaimer - The following article is reposted here because it is an issue with some relevance to the IWW. The views of the author do not necessarily agree with those of the IWW and vice versa. The IWW has not endorsed this campaign, and the inclusion of this article is intended to show workers how they can use the internet to fight back against the employing class.
If you live in Britain and you search Google this week for the website of the country's largest retailer, Tesco, you'll see the link to the company's website on top of the left side of the page. If you look over to the right side, you'll see the following text: "Child labour: The latest union news from around the world, updated 24/7".