Submitted on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 12:39am
Confederació Nacional del Treball Sindicat d'Oficis Varis de Barcelona Pl. Duc de Medinacelli 6, Entresol 1ª 08002 BARCELONA Tf/
Fax: 933 170 547
[email protected] http://barcelona.cnt.es
Laboral / Economía Barcelona 29/09/2006
Huelga Mercadona Brutal paliza a un miembro del Comité de Huelga de Mercadona Mañana se manifiestan a las seis de la tarde en Barcelona "Esto por Mercadona" le espetaban los cinco desconocidos que abordaron anoche en la calle a J.C., afiliado de CNT y miembro del Comité de huelga de Mercadona, mientras le propinaban puñetazos y patadas hasta dejarlo inconsciente en un charco de sangre. Tuvo que ser recogido por una ambulancia y posteriormente atendido en la Cruz Roja de traumatismo craneal, contusiones y puntos de sutura en diferentes partes del cuerpo.
Submitted on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 11:20pm
By Immanuel Ness - Dollars and Sense, September 2006.
Testifying before the Senate immigration hearings in early July, Mayor Michael Bloomberg affirmed that undocumented immigrants have become indispensable to the economy of New York City: "Although they broke the law by illegally crossing our borders or overstaying their visas, and our businesses broke the law by employing them, our city's economy would be a shell of itself had they not, and it would collapse if they were deported. The same holds true for the nation." Bloomberg's comment outraged right-wing pundits, but how much more outraged would they be if they knew that immigrant workers, beyond being economically indispensable, are beginning to transform the U.S. labor movement with a bold new militancy?
After years of working in obscurity in the unregulated economy, migrant workers in New York City catapulted themselves to the forefront of labor activism beginning in late 1999 through three separate organizing drives among low-wage workers. Immigrants initiated all three drives: Mexican immigrants organized and struck for improved wages and working conditions at greengroceries; Francophone African delivery workers struck for unpaid wages and respect from labor contractors for leading supermarket chains; and South Asians organized for improved conditions and a union in the for-hire car service industry. (In New York, "car services" are taxis that cannot be hailed on the street, only arranged by phone.) These organizing efforts have persisted, and are part of a growing militancy among migrant workers in New York City and across the United States.
Why would seemingly invisible workers rise up to contest power in their workplaces? Why are vulnerable migrant workers currently more likely to organize than are U.S.-born workers? To answer these questions, we have to look at immigrants' distinct position in the political economy of a globalized New York City and at their specific economic and social niches, ones in which exploitation and isolation nurture class consciousness and militancy.
Submitted on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 9:54pm
Al gobierno federal de México, al Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Educación -Coordinación Nacional de Trabajadores de Educación SNTE-CNTE, al Assembleas Populares del Pueblo de Oaxaca, y al pueblo de Oaxaca
La Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo (IWW) apoyan al Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Educación -Coordinación Nacional de Trabajadores de Educación SNTE-CNTE, y a las Asambleas Populares del Pueblo de Oaxaca (APPO) en sus demandas por la inmediata resignación del gobernador del estado de Oaxaca Ulises Ruíz Ortiz, por los continuos actos de violencia cometidos contra el pueblo de Oaxaca por la policía bajo sus órdenes. El IWW exige que el gobierno mexicano cese las preparaciones militares y policiales para atacar a los miembros y partidarios de la APPO y la sección 22 del SNTE en el estado de Oaxaca, y en su lugar que se preocupe honestamente por las reivindicaciones de estos grupos. Además, el IWW exige que el gobierno mexicano ponga en libertad a los presos políticos Germán Mendoza Nube, Erangelio Mendoza González, Catarino Torres Pereda y Ramiro Aragón Pérez.
Submitted on Sun, 10/01/2006 - 1:28pm
September 28, 2006
To Whom it May Concern,
We are writing you in light of the unjust and reprehensible raids made against the Korean Government Employees Union by your government. The brutality and suppression of workers' most basic rights is offensive, and must be corrected. We demand that you immediately recognize the right to the Korean Government Employee's Union's existence, and allow it to operate freely and legally. Additionally, we ask that you fix any damages you have caused to the union and its members.
We eagerly await your response.
The International Solidarity Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Submitted on Sun, 10/01/2006 - 1:12pm
To the Federal Government of Mexico, National Union of Education Workers Section 22 (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Educacion -Coordinacion Nacional de Trabajadores de Educacion SNTE-CNTE), Popular Assemblies of the People of Oaxaca (Assemblias Populares de la Pueblo de Oaxaca), and the people of Oaxaca
The International Solidarity Commission of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) stands strongly in support of the National Union of Education Workers Section 22 (SNTE-CNTE) and the Popular Assemblies of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) in their demands for the immediate resignation of the governor of the state of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, for the repeated acts of violence committed against the people of Oaxaca by police under his command. The IWW demands the Mexican government cease its military and police preparations to attack the members and supporters of APPO and the SNTE section 22 in Oaxaca state, and instead honestly address these groups' concerns. Furthermore, the IWW demands the Mexican government free the political prisoners, Germán Mendoza Nube, Erangelio Mendoza González, Catarino Torres Pereda and Ramiro Aragón Pérez.