Today's Topics:
1. Poland, Workers' Initiative at the University of Warsaw and
the new law on higher education [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. Press release: CGT affirms that the militarization of
Spanish waters and borders will not stop migratory flows -
cabinet press cgt (ca, it) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. Poland, WORKERS' INITIATIVE - VW: The District Court in
Poznan has given the right to the trade unionist [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. Britain, Class War: Boris Johnson's march on Rome
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. Bangladesh Anarcho Syndicalist Federation: Workers' demand
for wages in Jamalpur, 15 workers injured in police-worker
collision (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. [Chile] Santiago: Anti-authoritarian block, march against
the rodeo By ANA (pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
Student protest during the Free Days of the Academy at the University of Warsaw (June
2018) ---- On June 14, a founding meeting of the Workers' Initiative Commission at the
University of Warsaw took place. Less than three weeks later, on the night of July 3 and
4, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed a new law on higher education, called by its
creators a "constitution for science" or, tuning into a nomenclature of somewhat outdated
technological trends, "Law 2.0". Because we know the anti-democratic practices of the
ruling party, neither the nocturnal mode nor the moment of passing at the beginning of
academic holidays, when it was difficult to uphold the resistance of students and academic
teachers who blocked the enactment of the law in June. Where did this rush come from when
we introduced the clearly unaddressed and negligently corrected for the last moment of the
act? What roused the protesters all over Poland? What are and will be the consequences of
the introduction of the new law? How will we organize IPC activities at the University of
Warsaw in connection with this already happening process?
Minister Jaroslaw Gowin tries to show himself as the savior of Polish higher education,
although it is difficult to understand what makes him think about himself that way. The
main and affecting the fertile ground in neo-liberal environments, the argument confirming
the breakthrough of the new law is an attempt to match the western universities in
rankings created mainly on the basis of scored publications, research projects, etc. In
short, it has to be like in America. Reorganization of the university, change of scores
(defined by regulations and not by law) favoring conservative magazines and publications,
centralization of management, closer relationship with employers' organizations and
business, finally separation of flagship centers (about ten in the whole country) from
peripheral,LINK]).
It is astonishing to consider such ideas revolutionary. They are a rather unreflective and
radicalized follow-up to the ideas of the two ministerial terms implemented this year by
the minister Barbara Kudrycka from the Civic Platform, a bit restrained by her successor,
the minister Lena Kolarska-Bobinska. Minister Gowin defines, like Kudrycka, the problem of
Polish universities ("you score too few points"), and in fact his answer is also similar
("we will reorganize you so that you score better"). In the current law there are more or
less veiled bows towards the employers' organization, the role of commercialization of
research results is emphasized (it is taken into account as part of the ministerial
financing of individual universities) or "practical usefulness of work results" for
economic development (section XII of the Act) .
Taking the example of "Western Colleges", legislators seem to ignore the mass strikes that
are organized in the largest - as well as less known - academic centers in the United
Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, Mexico and many other countries.
Even a short visit to a British or American university makes us realize how much the
working environment is randomized. A large part of researchers work on short-term grant
posts, often sponsored by commercial companies, and all work on few "stars", or the
most-quoted authors, however, like all others, there are strict standards of published
texts throughout the year. There are advanced procedures to control each stage of work,
such as the obligation to answer a business e-mail within ten minutes or being subject to
multilateral evaluation processes (anonymous assessment tests carried out by superiors and
students). Small, non-commercial or non-commercial units are closed or reorganized due to
low profitability. In short, the Ministry wants to transfer us to a world from which its
current inhabitants are looking for a way to escape. It should be noted, however, that
many of these practices have already arrived in Poland, but only a new law will allow
their full implementation. the Ministry wants to transfer us to a world from which its
current inhabitants are looking for a way to escape. It should be noted, however, that
many of these practices have already arrived in Poland, but only a new law will allow
their full implementation. the Ministry wants to transfer us to a world from which its
current inhabitants are looking for a way to escape. It should be noted, however, that
many of these practices have already arrived in Poland, but only a new law will allow
their full implementation.
Among the postulates raised by protesters in June, students and scientists also stressed
the possible politicization of Polish universities. Indeed, the current policy of the
ministry is a bizarre mixture of neo-liberal and national-Catholic ideologies. The latter
can be seen, for example, through the special status of the Catholic University of Lublin
or the promotion of anti-life science through the support of medical studies at the
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, but its main impetus concerns the inherent element
of such policy, that is central management. The law often refers to the role of scholars
as performers of the "state science policy", clearly defined by the ministry.
In order to push through such a solution, the classic "divide and rule" policy was
applied, as the new reform slightly gains (financially) doctoral students and individual
faculties of larger universities. Professional solidarity was thus broken between scholars
from large and smaller centers, between those universities which will receive financial
resources (on specific rules related only to useful directions), and those degraded to
professional status. The latter division will also bring effects outside the university,
because it is part of a political project of gradual degrading smaller academic centers in
the social, cultural and intellectual sense. The students, lecturers and lecturers focused
on intellectual development are also participants of local public debates, creators and
recipients of cultural life, social activists, trade unionists and volunteers of
non-governmental organizations. The Act also questioned the master-student relationship
fundamental to the university, grouping doctoral students in centrally managed schools,
and thus tearing them away from the parent institutes. The concept of separation of
research and didactic work is contradictory to the idea of the university, because it is
difficult to imagine good didactics detached from the research experience. On the other
hand, limiting the exchange of ideas related to working with students will certainly limit
the possibilities of creating knowledge. Another project is the regrouping and organizing
into larger, centrally managed teams and individuals, which over the decades were often
created as part of bottom-up activities, allowing the development of unique environments
of knowledge and exchange of ideas. trade unionists and volunteers of non-governmental
organizations. The Act also questioned the master-student relationship fundamental to the
university, grouping doctoral students in centrally managed schools, and thus tearing them
away from the parent institutes. The concept of separation of research and didactic work
is contradictory to the idea of the university, because it is difficult to imagine good
didactics detached from the research experience. On the other hand, limiting the exchange
of ideas related to working with students will certainly limit the possibilities of
creating knowledge. Another project is the regrouping and organizing into larger,
centrally managed teams and individuals, which over the decades were often created as part
of bottom-up activities, allowing the development of unique environments of knowledge and
exchange of ideas. trade unionists and volunteers of non-governmental organizations. The
Act also questioned the master-student relationship fundamental to the university,
grouping doctoral students in centrally managed schools, and thus tearing them away from
the parent institutes. The concept of separation of research and didactic work is
contradictory to the idea of the university, because it is difficult to imagine good
didactics detached from the research experience. On the other hand, limiting the exchange
of ideas related to working with students will certainly limit the possibilities of
creating knowledge. Another project is the regrouping and organizing into larger,
centrally managed teams and individuals, which over the decades were often created as part
of bottom-up activities, allowing the development of unique environments of knowledge and
exchange of ideas.
It is worth noting that the strikers during the Free Days of the Academy in June 2018, the
newly appointed Works Commission and other opponents of the new Act do not idealize the
current order, what's more - they identify the announced changes as a continuation of the
worst practices of today. We ourselves recognize the organization of the university's
knowledge and work community as a priority, which guarantees respect for the rights of
employees, employees, students and students. We believe that the objectives of higher
education will be achieved not by tightening control, but by providing comfortable working
conditions, an environment for intellectual creativity, which in effect can also serve the
social world - understood not only as business and employers - outside the academy.
The situation of Polish science seems more dramatic than ever before, and some senior
professors remembering attempts of state university control before 1989, suggesting that
the only solution is to wait, internal emigration and building enclaves of knowledge, do
not seem to notice that the new system oriented it is for meticulous control of behavior
at the everyday and individual level.
Nevertheless, the resistance and struggle we have so far give us faith in the possibility
of reversing this situation. First of all, the strikes that broke out across Poland not
only blocked its adoption for the whole month, but also led to the change of several
evidently dangerous points, such as the majority participation of representatives of
employers' organizations in the university councils. This shows that legislators can only
do as much as they can, and that mobilizes us to further resistance.
Secondly, growing objections at the university created a synergy that allowed for the
long-established establishment of the Workers' Initiative commission. The Commission has
decided to use the entire spectrum of methods - from participation in official university
bodies, through lecture and training activities, to ad hoc intervention activities in
order to combat the proposed model of work on the creation of knowledge proposed in the
neoliberal law, based on scoring and exploitation. We urge you to respect employee rights
and implement real solutions for gender equality at universities. We have begun building a
multi-branch, cross-border and supranational solidarity, supporting, among others, strike
at the Berlin Polytechnic. What consequences the new law will have, also depends on us,
and we are not going to step back a step.
dr Piotr Cichocki / KZ OZZ IP at the University of Warsaw
http://ozzip.pl/teksty/publicystyka/walki-pracownicze/item/2404-ip-na-uniwersytecie-warszawskim-a-ustawa-gowina
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Message: 2
CGT affirms that the militarization of Spanish waters and borders will not stop the
migratory flows ---- CGT believes that there is no fence to stop those who suffer from
hunger or fear and accuses Sanchez's PSOE of practicing "socialdemand". ---- The General
Confederation of Labor (CGT), through a statement, has stated that the appointment of a
general of the Civil Guard as a single operational command to coordinate actions against
immigration in the Mediterranean is a totally remote measure of the "socialist" values
that supposedly govern the new Executive and, furthermore, is counterproductive because
it is understood that the Civil Guard is a military corps with very specific functions
that have nothing to do with the work carried out by the rescue crews Maritime.
CGT has indicated in this statement that behind this decision there is the will to recover
a project prepared by the 'Alternatives Foundation', very close to the PSOE, consisting of
the creation of a special body of coastguard dedicated to "scare" the "illegal immigration
", prioritizing over any human life that is in danger at sea other interests.
In this sense, the anarcho-syndicalist organization has recalled that no human being is
illegal or emigrates for pleasure, and that the people who come to our shores have
justified reasons to be treated with respect and dignity, especially when they are First
World States, as Europeans, the cause of many of the situations that these people go
through in their countries of origin.
CGT also stresses that saving lives at sea is the only rule that prevails in extreme
situations, this being the fundamental objective for which it was created 25 years ago
Salvamento Marítimo, a public entity formed entirely by civilian personnel. In this sense,
the union has also stated that the crews of Maritime Rescue, in struggle for years against
the exploitation and precarization of the profession, only rescue shipwrecked to take them
to safe harbor regardless of their nationality, and rejects all those " judgments "that
have been made from some sectors of society that claim to blame the Working Class for a
situation created and fostered by the greed and lack of solidarity of European governments.
http://salvamentomaritimo.org/noticias/socialcinismo/
More information: Ismael Furió 635 024 374.
Macarena Amores García
Press office of the Confederal Committee of the CGT
General Confederation of Labor - CGT
C / Sagunto 15, 1º
28010 Madrid
Tel. 91 447 57 69
Mobile 690 640 826
gabineteprensa@cgt.org.es
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Message: 3
On July 27, at the closed session, the case of one of the employees of Volkswagen Poznan,
a member of OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza, ended. The plaintiff's attorney has just received
a copy of the verdict. The District Court, as a result of an appeal filed on behalf of the
employee, awarded him PLN 14 223 as compensation for unlawful termination of the
employment contract. In addition, the defendant (Volkswagen) charged the costs of the
proceedings by ordering 712 zlotys to be paid to the State Treasury and refunding the
plaintiff 30 zlotys for the appeal fee. The verdict is final. ---- Early, the District
Court in Poznan Grunwald and Jezyce dismissed the employee's claim. ---- An employee
represented by a trade union member accused the employer of not consulting the reason for
termination with his trade union organization. It is true that the employer asked the
union for information whether the employee (of whom the case) uses the defense of the
union, however, due to the failure to receive a response within 5 days, he decided that
there is no obligation to consult our union justifying the termination of the employment
contract[art. 30 para. 2 (1) of the Trade Unions Act].
Lack of information about the protection was caused by the fact that the employee joined
the OZZ Employee Initiative during the time limit to provide the employer with information
about his defense. The employer requested this information on August 23, 2017. The
employee was not admitted as a member of the union until August 27, 2017. The employer was
not informed of the trade union's relationship to the IBO on August 29, 2017 - hence, due
to for the expiry of the deadline, except for the mode referred to in art. 30 para. 2 (1)
however, the notice of cancellation was made only on 11 September 2017.
During the proceedings, the employer argued that the five-day period referred to in
Article 30 para. 2 (1) uzz is absolute, and as a result of failure to obtain such
information, he had the right to withdraw from cooperation with the trade union. Another
interpretation of this provision would introduce uncertainty in the legal system. On the
other hand, Volkswagen argued that he had consulted the reason for the dismissal, but with
the company's Solidarity, to which the plaintiff still formally belonged at the time of
termination of his contract of employment.
The trade union representative representing the employee from the Employee Initiative
argued that the employer knew about the union's membership in the IPC of the plaintiff a
dozen or so days before writing a letter terminating his contract of employment. In
addition, the defendant learned about the applicant's use of union defense directly from
the initiative of the organizational structure of the trade union, which did not neglect
his duty and informed the defendant of the claimant's membership as soon as possible. And
the mode of art. 30 para. 2 (1) UA would allow the employer to refrain from consulting
Art. 38 of the Labor Code, only if both under this procedure and from any other reliable
source would not know about trade union membership.
The court of first instance did not grant the employee the right, he decided that the fact
of the plaintiff's accession only during the term for informing about his affiliation did
not matter. Failure to inform the employer within five days of his affiliation released
the defendant from the obligation to carry out such consultations.
As a result of the appeal filed on behalf of the employee, the Regional Court overruled
the verdict of the court of first instance. At present, the claimant's plaintiff is
waiting for his justification. The verdict is legally binding and the employer is obliged
to pay the plaintiff compensation (the amount indicated in the judgment is not subject to
taxation or any other deductions). As the proceedings were conducted in a simplified
procedure, the cassation appeal against it is not due.
http://ozzip.pl/teksty/informacje/wielkopolskie/item/2403-sad-okregowy-w-poznaniu-przyznal-racje-zwiazkowcowi
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Message: 4
Except in BJ's case he doesn't have the physical bravery for a march so he'll deliver his
fatal blow to Theresa May from behind an autocue - leaving Nigel Farage's autumn bus tour
- 'Make leave mean leave' to mop up the prole vote with a raised pint rather than a verse
from Horace. ---- Who will oppose him in Birmingham on the day -NO ONE BUT CLASS WAR. The
Trots are marching the day before the conference - which even for them is feeble. ---- CW
WILL DO OUR BEST TO DISRUPT HIS MARCH - BUT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT COMRADES. This will be a
pivotal moment in politics in the UK as BJ makes his move to be PM BEFORE CHRISTMAS. For
there to be no opposition on the streets would be a betrayal
Whatever your views on CLASS WAR in the past we invite you to join us in the present.
BIRMINGHAM SEPT. 30th - OCT. 3rd -- SEIZE THE TIME
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Message: 5
Jute mills workers blocked the streets demanding the sale of Alhaj Jute Mill at Jamalpur's
Sarishbari and demanding arrears. The agitated workers kept blocking the trees and tires
at 3 pm for blocking the road. At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured
in clashes between police and workers during the blockade. Among the injured, police
constable Taslima and female worker Jahanara Begum were admitted to Sarishabari hospital.
---- On the morning of August 16, hundreds of mill workers of Al Jaze Mill started
gathering in front of Mill Gate and demanded the payment of arrears and arrears. At that
time, the movement of vehicles on the road at Sarishbari-Tarakandi-Bhuapur road was
completely closed. ---- When the police tried to raise the blockaders from the road, the
workers started chasing and counter-chasing. At one stage, the workers hurled brick petals
on the police. After the extra police reached the spot, the situation brought the
situation under control.
http://www.bangladeshasf.org/news/
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Message: 6
The means of domination of power are manifold and these transcend beyond our problems as
privileged beings in the order of this civilization, nonhuman animals are murdered,
violated, robbed of their autonomy, tortured in experimentation and also for the amusement
of humans. We as beings who fight / deny power can not be indifferent to this and so we
become partakers against domination in this multiform war with direct action and
solidarity as weapons. Civilization explores the earth, the animals and all its
inhabitants, so much that their existence is sustained in this. We stand against any
hierarchical system of organization that does not ensure the free existence of all who
make up and inhabit the earth. ---- Therefore, we call an anti-authoritarian bloc, until
all cages are opened and all oppression is abolished.
Saturday, September 1 - 12 a.m. - Italy Square, Santiago.
REPENT YOUR HUMANITY, RECOGNIZE YOUR ANIMALITY!
TO OPEN ALL TERRAIN AND SPIRITUAL CAGES!
" The product of history that they will never tell / As a toy that articulates their
emotional deficit / But everything is so normal it is necessary to torture / Give people
the right to crush an animal "
In memory of the compas who went on the offensive ...
Barry Horne presente!
Keith Mann presente!
Mike Hill presente!
Tom Worby presente!
Jill Phipps presente!
Sebastian Oversluij presente!
Javier Recabarren present!
And for all those who attacked and attacked day by day the anthropocentric, authoritarian
and patriarchal system.
Fire to all prisons!
anarchist-ana news agency
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