#1:Sto je IRS?
To je borbeni radnicki sindikat koji vjeruje da interesi rada mogu biti u potpunosti ostvareni samo kada se radni ljudi ujedine kao klasa. IRS zele vidjeti sve na istome poslu ujedinjene, sve u istoj grani djelatnosti ujedinjene, sve koji rade za placu ujedinjene u jedno veliko udruzenje radnika i radnica.
IRS se snazno razlikuje od drugih sindikata po tome sto vjeruje da se problemi radnicke klase ne mogu razrijesiti tako da se od ?poslodavaca? prosjaci da nam daju mrvice, ili da se moli politicare za usluge. Dok se bori za bolje uvjete danas, IRS inzistira da radni ljudi imaju pravo na sve sto proizvedu, umjesto jadnog udjela.
Nesigurnosti (a za neke cak i gladi) biti ce sve dok postoji vladajuca klasa koja profitira od eksploatacije, malih placa i zlih radnih uvjeta. IRS smatra da nece biti kraja klasnoj borbi, nece biti kraja nepravdama i ratovima, sve dok se sistem baziran na profitu manjine ne ukine.
Submitted on Wed, 04/19/2006 - 11:09am
Staff Report - Industrial Worker, May 2006
On March 20 at 5:30 a.m. workers at Amersino, a produce distribution warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., met in a deli to sign IWW membership cards and prepare to stand up to an abusive boss. On that chilly Monday morning close to 20 Latino workers along with a diverse IWW contingent - including workers from Handyfat, Starbucks and Mayday books - marched on the boss demanding the immediate reinstatement of fired workers, an end to violations of minimum wage and overtime laws, and respect from the boss.
As the boss drove up in his new Mercedes Benz, workers marched with bikes in hand ready to demand justice. The showdown between the workers and their boss is just one example of the class conflict that exists in New York City. The workers organized to end the harsh treatment from the boss who would yell racist remarks at workers while paying them far below what they earned. Meanwhile the boss used the money he was stealing to build a collection of trucks he is using for his long haul operations and other business endeavors.
Submitted on Wed, 04/19/2006 - 11:02am
Staff Report - Industrial Worker, May 2006
A state supreme court judge has ordered New York Transit Workers Union Local 100 to pay the state a $2.5 million fine, revoked the union's right to collect dues from workers' pay checks, and sentenced President Roger Toussaint to 10 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for refusing a court order to cancel the December mass transit strike. Subway and bus workers have also been docked several days' pay for joining the strike.
Toussaint called off the transit strike on its third day without an agreement; in January union members voted down the concessionary settlement the Metropolitan Transportation Authority offered when workers were back on the job.
Submitted on Tue, 04/18/2006 - 8:11pm
Hi there. My name is Sara Willig. I am a member of the Boston GMB. You might remember me if you followed the DARE job branch struggles of 2002-4. The situation I’m writing you about tonight is related to that fight, when my coworkers voted to decertify the union about 18 months ago after a campaign of union busting and manipulation by management.
If you didn’t follow the DARE job branch situation, or if you’ve joined more recently, I’m a health care worker. I do a social work job, but without a degree in social work or the higher wages that go along with that degree. Keeps the price down for you, the taxpayer, never mind the State. But mostly it keeps the costs down for the boss. The agency I work for contracts with Massachusetts’ Dept, of Mental Retardation (DMR) and I’m paid to be the case manager for two disabled people. Sometimes I’ve had a caseload of three people. Currently my clients are borderline MR and moderately MR.
Submitted on Tue, 04/18/2006 - 7:37pm
Considerando que la clase trabajadora no conoce fronteras, ni razas, sino que existe dondequiera que los trabajadores se exploten en beneficio del capital; y
Considerando que todo ser humano tiene derecho a los medios para satisfacer las necesidades vitales para si y para su familia, a pesar de las barreras artificiales creadas por los gobiernos; y
Considerando que la naturaleza de las economías capitalistas atrae a trabajadores de todas partes hacia los centros de inversión capitalista, y a la vez saca la riqueza de economías "menos desarrolladas", eliminando así oportunidades de ganarse la vida en esas economías; y
Considerando que el reciente aumento en la inmigración en los Estados Unidos es el resultado directo de este proceso y especialmente de los destructivos tratados del llamado "comercio libre", impuestos en Latinoamérica por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, tanto como la insaciable avaricia de los empleadores norteamericanos por una mano de obra inmigrante y dependiente que se puede obligar a trabajar bajo horribles condiciones y que se puede usar para socavar las condiciones de todos los trabajadores; y
