France, Alternative Libertaire AL #228 - Unionism: Countering the extreme right (fr)

Visa is an association of trade unionists to fight against right-wing ideas in business, 
closer to the employee-es. Its action is paramount! ---- Vigilance and anti-fascist union 
initiatives (Visa) is an association, existing since 1996, after the Ras front. It 
includes union (FSU, CGT, Solidarity, CFDT, FO), members of business sections, elected 
officials and representatives of national unions and representatives of professional 
associations. Visa aims to be a tool for information and discussion for all union forces 
who want to collectively fight against the establishment and the hearing of the extreme 
right in the workplace. ---- Since the early 1990s, the National Front, visible part of 
the iceberg of the extreme right, has adopted a so-called "social turn" but not more 
yesterday and today, it offers solutions sustainable and practical for the employee-es.

It only divide: those who are employed against those who do not have "national" against 
"foreigners."

Economic solutions nationalist National Front does not resolve the issue of wages, better 
jobs and better working conditions. Only the discourse has changed it seeks to apply to 
public employees and private and manages to win a number of his demagogic program.

In addition, various factions remain the far right of the "identity" to Catholic 
traditionalists. Particularly active even though numerically small, surfing on the routine 
far-right ideas, they weighed on two important political debates: immigration supposedly 
carrying the "danger-Islamic" and the equality of all and all to marry and found a family, 
regardless of their sexual orientation. Their racist and homophobic campaigns also weigh 
in discussions with our colleagues in the business.

The values ??of the extreme right are the antithesis of the ideals of social progress and 
solidarity brought by the trade union movement trade unionists can not stand idly arm 
speeches and their growing influence or the trivialization of their ideas.

On all fronts

The antifascist struggle being waged at all levels, from basic to the union confederation 
in the larger unit. It leads through participation in movements, but also by the daily 
discussions of union activists with their colleagues.

Visa wants tool and integral part of the union battle against the extreme right and 
intends to contribute to:

- Delivering a maximum of information on the dangers and the development of the extreme 
right in France, Europe and around the world, so that the "bridge" thrown with some 
hard-right parties;

- By analyzes used to debunk the pseudo social proposals of the extreme right;

- Relaying on its website all the positions taken, the actions of trade unions against the 
extreme right;

- Denouncing all racist discrimination, sexist, homophobic within and outside companies;

- By echoing all solidarity with the undocumented;

- Assisting, through appropriate tools (training days, brochures, posters, etc..), Labor 
teams to train and mobilize to demystify the so-called social proposals of the extreme 
right in the necessary discussions with the all the employee-es.

Activists Visa