Today's Topics:
1. Turkey, Meydan: Anarchist Women Action in Front of Bakirköy
Closed Women's Prison (tr) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. [Chile] Santiago: 33th & 34th Days of Social Uprising By ANA
(pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. London Anarchist Communists: London ACG Public Meeting on
Public Transport (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. US, black rose fed: A LETTER TO INTELLECTUALS WHO HIDE
BEHIND THE WORD "PURITY" (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. Class War: Freedom is now at the printers (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. Czech, AFED: Bolivia: Nothing but clerofascist coup!
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #299 - SNCF: Workers'
solidarity also means the right of withdrawal (fr, it,
pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
8. cnt-ait, POLAND: At Hostel24 as everywhere, every job
deserves its salary! [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Anarchist Women who carried out actions in front of the institutions capturing women with
the slogan in All institutions that protect masculinity should be closed down bugün were
still in front of Bakirköy Closed Women's Prison saying in Prisons should not be closed ".
---- The anarchist women who chanted slogans in front of the prison left black purple
balloons on the other side of the wall in order to announce themselves and support the
women who were held captive by the male state. ---- Anarchist women, the most concrete of
the places where the male-dominated system closed women in prisons, said that women can
not be silenced. The action ended after reading the press release. --- Read press release:
---- " Prison What is it? ---- It is perhaps the most concrete of the places we have been
closed to ensure that we comply with the patterns expected of us throughout our lives.
Concrete walls, iron bars, blackened letters, undelivered letters, sight days, guards,
prohibitions... Each one to isolate our lives, to keep us from what we want to do, to shut
us in, to shut us down!
Prison, because we're not afraid to say our thoughts, we're taking action, we're trying to
protect ourselves, we're defending our lives, they think we're dangerous to society, we're
out at that hour, we dress like that, because we want divorce, our sexual orientation is
different ... This is where they shut us down for thinking.
If the woman in question is the male-dominated system of these "justifications", these
excuses have no end to the pretext of captivity. Our mother child is also a prisoner, toys
are forbidden, our child is taken to the hospital at the best possible to be subject to
permission ... If a trans woman, if we are confined to male prison, we will be subjected
to harassment, insulting. Our complaints are always ignored, our petitions are not
processed, referral reports are not given at all or delayed as delayed. Women who are
already seen as second class are totally ignored when taken prisoner.
You cannot take our freedom by putting it between the four walls, you cannot take it away
from us. Even if you try to cover us with all kinds of excuses and forms, we always know
how to come to life in the cracks of concrete. Your prisons will be closed, not women! "
Source: Anarchist Women
https://meydan.org/2019/11/22/anarsist-kadinlardan-bakirkoy-kapali-kadin-hapishanesi-onunde-eylem/
------------------------------
Message: 2
November 21, 2019 34th ---- The time has come to know that there is no law we respect!
---- The government promises to halve the price of retirees on public transport and
announces a 50% increase in "basic solidarity pensions" (the lowest), but only for those
over 80 and for those over 65 would be increased in smaller quantities and gradually in
two years. The announcement was taken as a mockery of power. ---- The Health Minister
erases the benzene barricades, stating that "Our health system is one of the most
efficient in the world." While medical supplies are scarce in hospitals. Parliamentarians
are forced to halve their salaries due to social pressure; their fees are among the
highest in the world. ---- Amnesty International guarantees that in Chile human rights are
violated. Blatantly the government, the military and security forces reject the report.
In the morning, education and health unions take over Dignity Square. Hours later, in the
same place, there are new clashes between hooded and footmen. A group of female companions
practices solidarity and mutual support by distributing ancient masks among the
protesters. Anti-authoritarian affinity groups continue to distribute, throwing and
pasting anarchic propaganda primarily on the "front line".
Amid the roar of the screams, the detonations of gunfire, fireworks, and blasts of
aerosols in the fire, one hears the band "La Polla Records" on loudspeakers and farther
hooded sing "Ya no sos equal" at 2 ´.
Students take over the central house of the University of Chile.
A video shows hooded breaking a fence of a drugstore to release a locked dog howling in
pain, the place is unknown.
At least three people, one of them smaller, report that Shopping Arauco Quilicura acts as
a PDI (investigative police) torture center. The whistleblowers arrived naked, bloodied
and separated at an emergency service. In response, a furious and vengeful march departed
from Communal Square to the mall, hooded, collectively expropriated it, and set fire to
the looted objects.
Unidentified people burned a public transport bus in San Bernardo and burned an AFP
(Pension Fund Administrators) in Talagante.
In Valparaiso, protesters try to forcibly enter Congress without success. They
collectively expropriate, among other stores, a furniture store and burn a car dealership.
In the port of San Antonio, strangers drop the bust of a "hero of the prawns" who was in
front of the city hall and drag him through the streets of poor neighborhoods.
Repulsive intentional killings are committed in Antofagasta, at least six people were
injured. Anger overflows in the city, fire and smoke take over the environment. Police
shoot everything that moves and two children are injured in the eyes, they are only 11 and
13 years old.
In Concepción, they make impressive barricades with "May 68" and "Hong Kong" style
cobblestones. The city of the peninsula has lived on one of the most combative days since
October 18.
The capital press quantifies 130 attacks on various police headquarters. Last night,
protesters again attempted to attack a police station in Puente Alto and Peñalolen. In the
last commune, a drone chases and identifies the home of an individual who shot a police
station. He was arrested.
Strangers continue to take advantage of information from leaked police addresses and go to
a village in Puente Alto where most carabineiros live. Tire and puncture the tires of
eight military vehicles.
The prosecution requests every 24 hours a list of people injured in public and private
hospitals. People are investigated based on their injuries and reports. The call is to go
only if absolutely necessary, the FECH (Federation of University Students) takes care of
wounds and removes bullets from their pellets at their headquarters near Dignity Square.
On Monday, November 25, feminist groups call the annual grand march against patriarchal
violence and recall that Mayor Felipe Guevara has been denounced for domestic violence.
Let's not get tired of fighting...
Long live the inexhaustible social revolution!
Arrests and Tusks of Social War on the Street!
NT
33th November 20, 2019
WE WILL FOLLOW THE STREETS!
By our grandparents, who ask us not to stop until their pensions increase.
Let's stay on the streets! For the memory of our mothers who died waiting for medical care
in public hospitals. Let's stay on the streets! For our sisters who are suffocated by the
debts of CAE. Let's stay on the streets! For the defense of the nature and future of our
children.
Let's stay on the streets! For our friends raped by the police with or without uniform.
Let's stay on the streets! For our fellows who died dreaming of Anarchy and Freedom.
Let's stay on the streets! For love of ourselves and our chaotic joy.
May this echo in everyone's ears... We have a lot of strength and determination!
Our spring is insurgent!
The sweltering heat is no excuse for rebels who insist again on invading the streets in
protest. Bus drivers block strategic traffic intersections.
In different parts of the capital, clashes are reported, students interrupt vehicle
traffic in La Concepción with Providencia causing chaos and causing hundreds of locations
to close. Protesters attack a patrol in Amunategui with Alameda and mass evasions take
place at the University of Chile and Moneda subway.
Police tanks appear in Dignity Square at dusk, the hooded men retreat to Bellavista
neighborhood, where they find a patrol car that they destroy without contemplation. The
police inside repel the bullet attack and two people are injured by the 38 caliber shots.
Near Bustamante Park they attack the headquarters of the political party "Democratic
Revolution".
In the city of Calama, a truck driver intentionally runs over two police officers, does
not flee and is arrested on the spot. They report that La Serena's "Puertas del Mar" mall
is used as a torture center. In the same town burn a working Seremi and the credit pledge
building.
They call for a boycott of "Unimarc" supermarkets for the dismissal of nine workers who
refused to work after 7 pm so as not to compromise their physical integrity when they
return home. For the same reason, mall vendors protest loudly about closing hours, and
students march inside malls shouting anti-capitalist and anti-repression slogans.
They call to meet outside the Costanera Center mall on Friday, the 22nd, at 5 pm.
Barras Bravas[soccer fans]do not accept the restart of the soccer championship, and
announce a boycott and protests near the stadiums. Urban balloons undergo artistic
interventions throughout the city, painting them as if they were bloody eyes.
In Congress, a constitutional accusation is being filed against the President of the
Republic and the Parliament, in rejection, approve expenses reserved to the police for a
mere 1000 pesos.
An internet recording shows how a crowd of Venezuelans leaves a building located in Las
Rejas Norte, number 65, to chase and beat protesters. A conflict that can have serious
consequences in the future. Antifascist collectives call for a greater presence in the
demonstrations.
Anarchists continue to spread their ideas through print advertising and graffiti, with
quotes from Durruti, Emma Goldman and Malatesta.
In Madrid, they call to evade the subway as a sign of solidarity with the local Uprising.
Tomorrow, November 21, is a new General Strike. And let's go with everything to the street!
For the brotherhood in war and for a fighting community!
FOR TOTAL RELEASE!
NT
anarchist news agency-ana
------------------------------
Message: 3
Discussion Meeting: Free Public Transport for All ---- December 1st: 2 pm - 4:30 May Day
Rooms ---- The current transport system is based on the car and road-building culture.
This is one of the key causes of climate change and pollution, both air and noise.
Meanwhile, the public transport system is overcrowded and expensive in cities and
non-existent in rural areas. With housing increasing in price in the centre of urban
areas, people are forced to move further and further out and end up paying a large portion
of their wages and time just to get to work. And, there is continual pressure to undermine
the working conditions and safety concerns of transport workers. ---- Join us for a
discussion of these issues and help develop a campaign for free public transport for all,
building a united movement of workers and users.
https://londonacg.blogspot.com/2019/11/london-acg-public-meeting-on-public.html
------------------------------
Message: 4
A commentary responding to the Monthly Review Online piece "A letter to intellectuals who
deride revolutions in the name of purity" on the question of revolution and state power.
---- By Patrick Berkman ---- "I think we could really not just lose people but lose sight
of our own goals if we get sucked into these purity tests." ---- - Mayor Pete Buttigieg,
2019 ---- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Ana Maldonado, Pilar Troya Fernández, and Vijay Prashad
have a new essay in MR Online criticizing what they see as the purism of critics of some
socialist states, parties, and leaders, particularly Morales in Bolivia and Chavez in
Venezuela. ---- There's a lot that raised my eyebrows in this essay, for example their
claim that the White Army sustained its attacks on the Soviet Union for a full six years,
from 1917 to 1923. The post-revolution civil war in Russia began in earnest starting
mid-1918, and the last significant threat, the White Army under Wrangel, was defeated in
November 1920. Indeed, by early 1921 half of the Red Army had been demobilized.
But what surprised me the most was that for all the purist critiques of Bolivia and
Venezuela they imply are so ubiquitous - so much so that they felt compelled to
collectively write this letter - not a single example of this purism on the part of
intellectuals is mustered to support their case. No links, no quotes, no citations. It's a
shame, as it may suggest to some readers that either the writers' critique could not
sufficiently dispatch an example of the very thing they are warning against, or that they
are simply shadowboxing.
Defending the Thin Skin of Socialists in the State
This passage near the end gave the game away:
No revolution is without its own mechanisms to correct itself, its own voices of dissent.
But that does not mean that a revolutionary process should be deaf to criticisms; it
should welcome them.
They don't elaborate on this (what are those mechanisms? what is the role of dissent?)
because it would force them to re-examine the very essay they were writing: for the last
century, the norm for socialists in state power has been to brook no dissent, to cast it
as unacceptable witting or unwitting support of the forces of imperialism and reaction.
We've seen this allergy to internal left dissent to widely varying degrees in nations like
the USSR, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and in Bolivia too, but it's always present.
Other leftist parties and organizations are either forced to merge or were suppressed or
outlawed. Socialists who dare to publicly break with official party lines find themselves
denounced, unemployed, imprisoned or worse. The writers' refusal to grapple with this
unsettling tendency was brought in high relief when they approvingly quoted something Leon
Trotsky wrote while in exile. (Surely the writers recall the reason why Trotsky was living
in Turkey at the time and not, say, Moscow?)
Confusing Political Disagreement with Purism
The writers attempt to explain what they see as the disappointing trend of purism among
left thinkers by pointing to the collapse of the USSR. In their eyes, these now-vogue
intellectuals argued "that the ‘State' was obsolete as a vehicle for social
transformation, and that ‘Civil Society' was the salvation. A combination of post-Marxism
and anarchist theory adopted this line of argument to deride any experiments for socialism
through state power."
Again, no seminal books, tracts, or thinkers are provided. They continue:
The state was seen as merely an instrument of capitalism, rather than as an instrument for
the class struggle. But if the people withdraw from the contest over the state, then it
will - without challenge - serve the oligarchy, and deepened inequalities and discrimination.
It's worth highlighting how far away the writers' depiction of the state as "an instrument
for the class struggle" is from Marx's warning that "the working class cannot simply lay
hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes."
Not to mention that history is littered with popular movements of both workers and
peasants winning reforms and staging revolutions without engaging in "the contest over the
state." They were better materialists than many Marxist intellectuals are: they knew
exactly where their true power lay and how to wield it. By casting the bourgeois state in
instrumental terms, the writers neglect the dynamic and always contingent role it plays in
both maintaining capital accumulation and mediating class conflict, and the myriad ways
the laboring classes can bend states to their will without attempting to seize it.
Privileging the idea of ‘social movements' over political movements reflects the
disillusionment with the heroic period of national liberation, including the indigenous
peoples' liberation movements. It also discards the actual history of people's
organisations in relation to political movements that have won state power.
To the contrary, it's by not discarding but honestly facing "the actual history of
people's organisations in relation to political movements that have won state power" that
so many come to anarchist conclusions. I do appreciate the writers at least give a nod to
the damaging effect state power has on movements when they explain that members of social
movements joining the state "fulfils the demands of the people, and at the same time it
has a tendency to weaken independent organisations of various kinds."
However a nod is not enough. When left forces can displace the bourgeoisie from the
political realm but not from the economic realm, they are stepping out on a ledge
unsupported by the class and social movements they claim to speak for. The ambitions of
the working class in motion are of necessity halted by the very state apparatus allegedly
being run on their behalf: one-time revolutionaries are required to become the stewards of
a political economy perhaps only days earlier they were railing against. And so,
predictably, the urgent requirements and internal logic of holding onto the state threaten
to divert and exhaust social movement energy: those who remain on the outside must choose
to either break with the state project or give themselves up fully to it, come what may;
the former being eventually targeted by their erstwhile allies and the latter losing all
connection to the life of the working class.
This is a significant analytical and strategic difference within left: the essay's writers
dismissing one side of this disagreement as "purism," or later on as "revolutionary
pessimism," depicts an unwillingness to assess the arguments in the debate on their
merits, a sad pose for an intellectual of any stripe to adopt.
Social Transformation is Indeed Hard
Most serious critics of the left in power do actually acknowledge the dire circumstances
that leftists who hold the reins of state power face from the forces of imperialism abroad
and reaction at home, and the often remarkable material gains for the poorest that those
states end up providing under harsh conditions.
But the easy path for leftists in power is to quell and repress the diversity of views,
debate and dissension among their fellow leftists. Given that the most the writers bother
to mention about left dissenters in these countries are that "their criticisms are
frequently weaponised by imperialist forces," I fear these intellectuals are very
comfortable taking the easy path.
Vibrant and energetic discourse among comrades and allies, a hallmark of almost every
radical movement before it takes state power, is seen by those at the top as a luxury they
simply cannot afford once they occupy the presidential palace. As we see time and time
again, such vibrancy and healthy internal democracy is an essential ingredient to any
successful revolutionary project: without it, left formations within the state either
collapse or bureaucratize and glom onto a section of the formerly-hated ruling class
(Ortega's Nicaragua is an excellent example among many).
Given the late hour for human life itself on this planet, it's important we look with
clear eyes at the successes and failures - and contexts - of revolutionary struggles
across the world. Otherwise we commit ourselves to the same errors and abuses that doomed
so much of the 20th century left, feverishly papering over the mistakes made so that no
one, not even ourselves, can see them, just in case they might be "weaponised by
imperialist forces."
Patrick Berkman does graphics design work and is a member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra based
in Burlington, Vermont. The piece was originally published here.
If you enjoyed this piece we recommend "The Lure of Elections: From Political Power to
Popular Power" which is co-authored by Patrick or you can hear him speaking on similar
topics with It's Going Down on "Elections, Power, & the DSA: The Failure of the Left in
Power."
https://blackrosefed.org/letter-to-intellectuals-who-hide-behind-the-word-purity/
------------------------------
Message: 5
Running a bit later than hoped with Anarchism is Movement atm but the next Freedom is now
at the printers and hopefully back next week - if you want to order online it's up at
https://freedompress.org.uk/product/freedom-winter-2019-20/:). Inside this issue:
Housing crisis ---- Domestic murder and migration ---- Interview: Aberdeen Radical Social
Centre ---- Introducing: The Bi Pandas ---- Your guide to activist legal support ---- Left
music vs racism and Brexit ---- Repression and rebellion in West Papua and Indonesia ----
WCF's disturbing far-right network ---- Re-Constitution: After the Westminster crisis
Tribute to Donald Rooum
Freedom update
An anarchist crossword
------------------------------
Message: 6
Highlanders from the arid plateau where El Alto stretches, known for their resistance to
the government of Eve Morales, today defy ultra-conservative and clerofascist purges. ----
What is happening in Bolivia today is a typical Latin American coup. To the point, it
fulfills its vocabulary definition: "the sudden violent overthrow of the current
government by a small group of purists, whose prerequisite is to take control of the armed
forces". The clerical fascists kidnapped minister family members and forced them to
resign. They plundered the house of Eve Morales and set his sister's house on fire, as did
the houses of politicians loyal to the regime. They attacked the mayor of Vinto, Patricia
Arce, dragging her through the streets and forced her to resign. Passers-by, especially
supporters of indigenous movements, are attacked and graffiti "Down with Indios" and
"Bolivia without Indios" appears on the streets. Several police units joined the raiders.
The officers pulled Wiphal from their uniforms, a symbol of the unity of indigenous
peoples and the fight against colonialism.
The coup's brain is not the neoliberal opposition candidate for President Carlo Mesa, but
the billionaire and religious fundamentalist Luis Camacho. In the past, his family had
become rich in privatization, which was nothing more than a sale of natural wealth and
health. Camacho is headed by the neo-Nazi fighters Unión Juvenil Cruceñista (UJC)
operating in Santa Cruz, whose members are having fun in public hailing. After Morales'
resignation, Camacho invaded the government palace, waved the Bolivian flag, began reading
from the Bible, and promised to bring the Holy Scripture back to government circles. Army
Commander General William Kaliman urged Morales to resign and then delivered a speech
dedicated to the army of Jesus Christ. Army circles also tried to bribe Morales' security
to release him before he fled the country.
Right-wing Senator Jeanine Anez was appointed to lead the country. No choices. At the
ceremony she clutched the Bible, and at her side stood UJC Camacho's commander, supported
by the army and police. No representative of the indigenous peoples that make up 62% of
the population. Abroad, the coup deserved the support of well-known ultra-conservative and
racist players. It is supported by the administration of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonar and
Mauritius Macri. People who have resisted Morales for years are opposed to the purges.
They have no choice. "The coup d'état in Bolivia is racist, patriarchal, ecclesiastical
and oligarchic," says Adriana Guzman of Feministas del Abya Yala.
We are not masiastas! We are Alteñ @ s!
The rebellious men and women of El Alta were also victims of clerical will. Colectivo
Curva said: "For more than a decade, indigenous peoples have suffered from bending and
institutional abuse of their cultural traditions by the LAG (Morales Movimiento al
Socialismo). For a moment, we believed it was our government, because we saw the
indigenous face in the leadership of the earth, a man who resembles us. It's long gone! It
ended when his government began killing people to fight for.
El Alto has a historical memory. He stands on the battlefield. At the place where they set
up their camp Tupak Katari and Bartolina Sisa. This is where the descendants of the brave
generation who died during the massacre in 1781 live. And yes, they also fought in 2003
(the gas war, after which Morales was elected)...
... Until yesterday El Alto was among the millstones. Why support 'dictator'? Why support
arsonists and hate spreaders? Why support any of these parties when they do not reflect
what we really feel and want? And as it has always been in the past, only difficult times
will show who is who and which blood calls for which.
On several points we can be sure: the confrontation was initiated by the heirs of a caste
that does not accept cultural and social diversity. This battle began centuries ago. It is
led against the Aymara, Kechuum and other nations. We are referred to as Morales'
followers, vandals, gangsters, rogues, and chaos. Are we accused of organized looting...
on what soil?...
The false designation of Wiphaly as a symbol of Morales, her public defamation,
resurrected the fighting spirit of the people of El Alto. As always, our struggle is
lonely. As in 2003, the police force that sold out and defended a specific social stratum
plagued us with tear gas and fired at the youth, the innocent girls who only accompanied
their mothers. Which nation defends these officials?
Listen up. Those who block roads are not Morales' followers. Those who are angry about the
burning of their symbol, because of indifference, because of authoritarianism, are not
Morales' followers. No, no, and not a thousand times. Understand that people in the
streets are not masistas (followers of Eva Morales) are a company. It is mobilizing a city
whose inhabitants have become refugees on their own land of Aymara. This is an Aymara
city. These are veterans of the 2003 fighting. These are orphans whose parents have fallen
through the bullets of a government that is now defending democracy. These aren't
followers of Eve Morales. These are Alteños and Alteñas (residents and dwellers of El
Alta) fighting here. These are the Aymara. "
Sources:
https://freedomnews.org.uk/bolivia-a-very-latin-american-coup/
http://libcom.org/news/they-are-not-evo-supporters-they-are-altenos- dammit-13112019
https://www.afed.cz/text/7070/bolivie-nic-nez-klerofasisticky-puc
------------------------------
Message: 7
In mid-October, part of the country was paralyzed by a surprise walkout of hundreds of
railway and railway workers. A strike ? Not at all. The collective use of the right of
withdrawal, both legal and legitimate, despite the political and media hysteria. ---- On
Wednesday, October 16, a TER hits a vehicle at a railway crossing. The train driver is
injured. But, as the only SNCF agent aboard the train, he has to take care of the victims
of the accident ; Above all, he must immediately take security measures to prevent another
train from crashing into the convoy: red-torches, firecrackers on the tracks, a
short-circuit bar that makes " red " signals, red flag, lantern ... ---- This is the
whole problem of the gear train equipment only (EAS) which is summarized. This vast
operation to boost productivity, consisting in removing the support staff (the "
controllers " ... whose job is not only to control, far from it), began 40 years ago in
Île-de-France. La France. And for several years, it has taken a national dimension despite
local union resistance. There is a serious safety problem, especially when it comes to
trains that are not very resistant to shocks: this is the case of the high-capacity
railcars (MCO), equipment involved in the accident of 16 October, and used now in many
regions.
Do not want to die or get hurt at work
Not wanting to die or being injured at work, denouncing the risks incurred by users when
the only worker on a train is the driver, this is what motivated the right of withdrawal
of the driving and accompaniment. In response, the government, the SNCF management, the
majority of the commentators of the media have cried scandal, demanded sanctions and
lawsuits ! The labor inspector's voice was stifled, confirming the validity of the railway
action and calling for the suspension of the AGC trains until there were the necessary
personnel on board.
The generalization of the right of withdrawal in the region of the accident is an
initiative of the CGT, majority in the sector. But, as with other movements of this type
in the past, solidarity has played out. SUD-Rail made a major contribution to this,
supporting the extension from the outset with several federal leaflets. Although limited
by definition to the rolling staff, the movement was very strong from Thursday to
Saturday. The recovery, widespread Monday, began on Sunday, when the CGT called to stop
the withdrawal to prepare " a strike at the height of[our]anger on December 5 "... A
strike that Unsa and SUD-Rail were already calling, and we know that the subject is not
railway safety. The CGT federation refused any unitary work during this period. It is
damaging and ominous for the future.
The massive reaction of the driving and escort staff is good news in itself. She reminds
that workers solidarity is not an old story. It also raises fundamental questions: who is
best placed to judge the danger of a job, if not the one who exercises it ? Since nobody
works for us why do we decide for us ? Does the legitimacy of an action not take
precedence over its legality, which is only the mark of the balance of power at a given
moment ? Many tracks for revolutionary trade unionists rooted in everyday life, alongside
colleagues. And well beyond the only SNCF, of course ...
Rail workers at UCL
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?SNCF-La-solidarite-ouvriere-passe-aussi-par-le-droit-de-retrait
------------------------------
Message: 8
On 16 November 2019, in Bydgoszcz (Poland), employees of Hotel Hostel24, supported by the
Polish section of the AIT (ZSP-AIT, Zwiakku Syndykalistów Polski), claimed payment of
their unpaid wages. The salaries of some former employees have not been paid since 2013!
---- Hostel24 does not contract directly with employees, but subcontracts with a network
of bankrupt companies. Therefore, even with legal payment orders, it is difficult for
employees to recover their salary. The National Labor Inspectorate did not face the task
and did not help to solve this problem, citing the existence of civil law contracts. For
this reason, Hostel24 operates with a total absence of liability for payments due to
employees. ---- ZSP-AIT published the story in the local media and announced that the
protest would continue until payment of salaries.
http://blog.cnt-ait.info/post/2019/11/22/HOSTEL24
------------------------------
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten