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Submitted on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 2:10pm
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.
Statement issued by the http://www.cnt-f.org - March 29, 2006.
Three million demonstrators on Tuesday 28th March! And it was a weekday... so that's three million on strike! Both public-sector and private-sector employees realised how important it was to strike, in order to achieve the greatest number possible on the streets to express their total rejection of the CPE, and indeed of precarious labour in general. But Monsieur de Villepin remains inflexible. It is not a question any more of believing that he is acting deaf. How can he be deaf with this tidal wave of voices? So what is Monsieur de Villepin actually saying? That strikes are illegitimate and outmoded... That he cares little about the size of the popular protest. That whatever the number of the strikers, they will be always a negligible quantity.
Submitted on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 2:03pm
Statement issued by the http://www.cnt-f.org - March 29, 2006.
Trois millions de manifestants ce mardi 28 mars ! Et c'était un jour de semaine...soit trois millions de grévistes ! Les salariés du public comme du privé ont su se mettre en grève pour être nombreux à exprimer haut et fort leur rejet du CPE et au-delà, de la précarité.
Et Monsieur de Villepin reste inflexible. Il ne s'agit plus de croire qu'il fait le sourd. Comment être sourd à ce raz de marée ? Que dit Monseur de Villepin, en clair ?
Que les moyens de grève sont illégitimes et que la grève est dépassée...Que peu lui importe l'ampleur de la protestation populaire. Que quel que soit le nombre des grévistes, ils seront toujours quantité négligeable.
Submitted on Mon, 03/27/2006 - 12:48am
By Mike Hargis, Chicago - Industrial Worker, April 2006
It was so incredible: I never saw the beginning of the march, nor the end. I didn’t hear one speech and never even made it to the Loop where the march was supposed to end. There was just this sea of humanity gathered in the streets, flowing in the same direction with the same object in mind: defeat the new, draconian immigration bill known as “The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” (HR4437).
On March 10 at least 300,000 people took the day off work or school and converged in Chicago’s Loop to protest this bill, which would turn undocumented workers into “aggravated criminal felons” and those who assist them, such as priests and nurses (and unionists) into criminals as well for “aiding and abetting” them. The bill passed the House of Representatives just before Christmas, it is currently being debated in the Senate.
Submitted on Sun, 03/26/2006 - 3:22am
Disgruntled workers, don't miss the class that will change your life.
It's the "Introduction to the Industrial Workers of the World".
This interactive workshop draws upon your experiences as a worker to develop a unique perspective on how we go about solving our problems at work and building our power as workers.
Learn about:
- different forms of unionism ("Service Unionism" and "Solidarity Unionism")
- strategies for fighting back on the job (Labor Law & "Direct Action")
- methods for building our power as a class of workers worldwide (Cross-Border Solidarity)
- democratic and participatory traditions ("Rank and File Control")
- and much more!
The 'Introduction class' promises to inspire you, to piss you off, and to arm you to change the way your boss does business.
Submitted on Wed, 02/15/2006 - 5:12am
"By building organizations based on solidarity, rather than on
bureaucratic chain-of-command, we build organizations that by their very
existence help to bring a new kind of society into being."
--Staughton Lynd, Solidarity Unionism
For the first time in recent memory wobblies from all over will be
meeting with the primary objective of discussing organizing. The
Organizing Summit is what many wobs have been wanting for years. It is a
chance to focus on organizing in the union and what it means to say,
"Every member is an organizer."
The weekend will be hosted by the Austin GMB and was proposed at General
Assembly 2005 in the hopes of supporting the work of the Organizing
Department Formation Committee (ODFC). The assembly endorsed the Summit
and the ODFC has also endorsed the meeting.
