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Today's Topics:

  
 1.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #303 - Social,
      Medico-social: The head against the walls (fr, it, pt)[machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  Poland, ZSP: This is not the time to be afraid. Is the
      moment to act! [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  Slovania, priama akcia, COVID-19: Weekly Summary of
      Struggles for Life, Health and Work (I.) [machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  Statement of the CNT-AIT (Spain) Regarding the State of
      Emergency (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  Greece, vogliamo tutto:
      SELF-PROTECTION-RESISTANCE
     -SOLIDARITY-SELF-ORGANIZATION-SOLIDARITY
      by vogliamo [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  Britain, anarchist communist group ACG: Many deaths on their
      hands! The guilt of the ruling class (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
7.  Britain, solfed: Under the government's Coronavirus Job
      Retention Scheme you will receive 80% of wages up to £2,500 per
      month. (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
  
 8.  Poland, ozzip, Employee Initiative The National Commission
      is critical about the government's draft anti-crisis shield
      [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Message: 1





Dozens of kilometers driving each day, in rural areas, between two patients. Listen, support in their efforts people suffering from a mental
handicap. Reverse and despite an institution in full decline. A UCL sympathizer, educator specializing in a support service in an open
environment, denounces managerial and societal mistreatment. ---- Ten years of psychiatry. I accompany adults in great mental suffering,
suffering from illnesses, invisible disabilities. Young and old, men and women, children of the elderly and parents of young children or
adolescents. My work is supposed to help all these people to (re) balance their relationship to themselves and to the world. Succeed in
dealing with all of this: illness, the eyes of others, treatments, distorted perceptions, banishment from society, anxieties ...
Build something serene that can last as long as possible, without harming those around you. It is through the weekly meetings that
confidence is built. To manage to be accepted gently in their daily life, that our presence is soothing, reassuring, containing. The
kilometers separating the homes allow me to take stock and refocus on the following intervention: what happened the last time, where were we
? In what state will I find the person with whom I have an appointment ?

The basic weapon of the educator is speech, the words that he or she manages to ask the other with the objective that it helps him to
continue living. Real daily cooking, with the ingredients of the day. We also put in what we are, with our own characters, our limits, and
this burning desire to gain a little peace with them.

But over the years, I've seen the marinade go sour. First, the social, economic and political fabric, then the institutional context that
has stuck to politics.

The support needs are increasing - we are working just in time - but the means have been dramatically reduced. For Departmental Educational
Assistance (AED, these are child protection follow-ups), only " dusting " can be done since the people who work there are overwhelmed,
following on average 45 files! The whole service is in this image, understaffed.

In an atmosphere of general resignation, it is difficult to fight against abuses and profiteers. A person receiving only the disabled adult
allowance (AAH, 860 euros per month) sees his bank systematically reject certain direct debits in order to force them two weeks later, and
at the same time take him 100 euros in agios !

I make an appointment with the bank to accompany the person concerned. At the departmental center for access to rights, the lawyer informs
us that " she knows, it is unfair, but it is the law ". Suffice to say that during the meeting, the bank does not want to hear anything, no
arrangement is possible...

We are forced to let go, because no lever exists. So we try to do the best ; we search with and for the person concerned what could suit
him. Make sense of what you do. But the picture that takes shape then sickens me. Few conscientious colleagues are ready to make a real
commitment to carry out our missions. As if the mere fact of working in this sector exonerates us from fighting for more justice and equality.

Specialized educators in an open environment (here, in Haute-Vienne) intervene when the family situation is difficult, to support parents
and children with disabilities.
Today, on my antenna, it misses a post of educator. The partial times chosen allow us to slow down a bit, to stop running. Some and some
manage to pass on the field work to others by hiding behind administrative " obligations ". In fact, the colleague promoted as "quality
specialist " is working dynamically to ensure that we have plenty of our schedules. This new function especially allows him to no longer be
in the field.

Multiplication of social control tools
Psychiatric illnesses distort reality and dehumanize, in the anthropological sense, the people affected. It is for many by the relation to
others that the maintenance among the congeners is carried out. Commitment and analysis to raise awareness of our posture. It is also part
of our job to get someone out of the closet where they have hidden by trying to escape themselves.

Two very distinct practices, two sides of social work: on the one hand, delicate contact, regular meetings, moments of non-frightening, if
not pleasant, sharing, solidarity and professional commitment. On the other hand, social control. Today, the former is no longer popular,
those who practice it are mocked and accused of amateurism ; the second is seriously on the rise.

Under the pretext of quality and funding, a multiplication of software and administrative tools are imposed on us. It is now a question of
giving patients life lessons, normalizing them and recording all the information down to the last millimeter of their life. Filing and
intrusion. It is no longer possible for me to exercise my profession today as I learned it and as I consider it fair and consistent with my
ethics.

Yasmine (Corrèze)

Psychic handicapped at work: too many obstacles, too much abuse
Social recognition, unfortunately, requires a lot of work. Certain procedures lead us to support people towards employment. Between the Pôle
Emploi advisers who offer positions that do not meet the conditions set by the Departmental House for the Disabled (MDPH, ex-Cotorep) and
the too many administrative filters of establishments and work assistance services (Esat, ex- CAT), people's desires to (re) find a job have
become increasingly unachievable.

Waiting list of several months when there is hope, multi-party agreements to contract, ever more serious difficulties in obtaining the
necessary documents...

In the service where I work, only 5% of the people supported work: a few in the ordinary environment, the majority in Esat. But in these
medico-social structures, their status is bastard: they and they are above all "users" of the institution.

Not falling under the Labor Code, they can claim nothing. I saw an Esat restauration require the presence of its employees 30 minutes before
hiring and 30 after debauchery. One hour of unpaid work per day ! Why are so few of us denouncing this form of slavery ?

Many people with disabilities only accept it to fight isolation and put some butter in the spinach.

Yasmine

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Medico-social-La-tete-contre-les-murs

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The Union of Polish Trade Unionists (ZSP) has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by calling for different forms of action by the working
class. ---- He is planning a mobilization that is to begin as soon as possible to meet massively in public. ---- First, it has pointed out
that workers who want (and must) stay home must do so. In Poland this is protected even in the Labor Code - however, it does not protect
many workers due to abuse of civil contracts (self-employment) by their employers; Workers with such contracts, which number in the millions
in Poland, are excluded from these legal protections. Furthermore, some employers have threatened workers who want to stay home or have
misinformed them of their rights. The most common threat is that, due to lack of business, the workplace will suffer economically and will
have to cut staff. This implies that workers will be dismissed for exercising their right to refuse to work in such a situation.

One place where ZSP has been active for several years is the Postal Service and this is one of the sites that the government thinks should
work during the pandemic. ZSP has been calling for action at the Postal Service and informing workers of their rights, while directors are
misinforming them, stating that if they want to leave, they will have to be unpaid or leave their vacation period. (which is subject to
approval). Right now it is difficult to judge the level of rejection of work and, ironically, some workers feel that it is a kind of social
duty to serve the public at this time.

In fact, some members of our union are out working with the public right now (taking the necessary precautions and actions towards social
responsibility) - in health care, bringing food to people who have isolated themselves or who have been sent home, handing out masks to the
workers and trying to put pressure on the municipal officials.

The Warsaw union is trying to organize an action on the earliest possible date to confront the government, which has not done enough to
combat the phenomenon of "junk contracts", despite all its verbiage towards the labor movement. When the situation allows for a mass
meeting, he will call on precarious workers to protest the situation. Affiliates of that union who are also engaged in organizing tenants
have called for the municipality to freeze the rents of people who are adversely affected by the situation (the city president has angered
people for offering first aid to those who rent business premises, and still nothing to families). Although the government has promised some
help to the workers,

The union released two communiqués last week, one in specific response to the government crisis proposal. The crisis proposal helps
companies in various ways and assumes the burden of paying a small one-time payment to the millions of workers who have self-employment
contracts. As the union has pointed out many times throughout its existence, the use of civil contracts is often a fraudulent way of
sidestepping the responsibilities of labor contracts and this state of affairs is passively supported by the state institutions that are
supposed to they must control this. The State Labor Inspectorate is ineffective and often blinds abuses of business owners, as do courts
that have even openly ignored the law to protect company profits. The union has appealed to the government in this public bailout, arguing
that when it receives a request for payment of this aid, it should gather information on which companies are using fraudulent contracts. In
the union's opinion, we should help all these workers right now, but we should not support these abusive companies with public money. If
they do not want to compensate their workforce, which they falsely claim are not permanent workers, they can be fined and use this income to
pay workers. This is something the state, which has facilitated corporate abuse of civil contracts over the past three decades, does not
want to do.

Below are translations of the first ZSP statement on the Coronavirus situation and the second statement, which is a direct response to the
government's plan. ZSP joins the Alternativa union in Poland demanding that concrete action be taken against junk contracts, but goes one
step further by offering a concrete proposal for workers to provide information on the nature of their jobs.

The first ZSP statement was aimed at stimulating public debate on the problems of millions of workers not covered by the Labor Code, who
would not be entitled to compensation in time of forced labor stoppage. According to the law, in such a situation, workers with normal work
contracts receive income despite not even being working, but this is not the case for workers with self-employment contracts. This issue has
been widely debated in Poland and the government responded by offering a small one-time payment to some (but not all) of these workers. Nor
does it offer any special help to those who are on the gray market or unemployed. The second statement is a response to the government's plans.

FIRST COMMUNIQUE FROM ZSP

Let's fight for our health: we have to cure the disease of poverty and precariousness.

The coronavirus pandemic has increased public awareness of our health and the risk of transmitting the virus. ZSP wants unbeatable health
for all the workers who are still doing important work for us - among them the health workers, but also others who are often minute workers
like supermarket cashiers, farmers, bakeries, food industry workers, delivery men. food, cooks, public transport workers, taxi drivers,
etc., etc. We know that without you, urban life cannot function normally.

However, ZSP wishes to underline that, for years, society has passively accepted that many of these people work in very precarious
conditions - often without stable employment contracts, for very low wages. For years, workers (and indeed, mainly many women workers) in
health services, such as nurses, emergency health technicians or cleaners, have been fighting for better working conditions. We believe that
the majority of society agrees that they are entitled to decent working conditions and a good salary for such hard work. However, we have
not done enough to show those in power that we demand increased spending on health. The powerful are trying to make up the tragic situation
we are really facing. Actually, People in Poland are dying from the collateral effects of poverty, such as a lack of adequate food or
unhealthy living conditions. We live in a situation where older citizens have to choose between buying their medicines or paying rent, and
millions of workers have precarious jobs, where they often work beyond their physical capabilities, without paid vacations or sick leave.

For years, the ZSP has been reminding people that many people go to work every day because their bosses force them. They have no paid sick
leave and are always just a few weeks away from starvation and homelessness. Among those who frequently work while ill are restaurant
workers, and this puts both them and those who visit their restaurants at risk. Restaurant customers often pay a lot to eat out, but this
does not mean that restaurant owners take care of their workers.

In the current situation, we know that many workers simply cannot afford to miss two or more weeks of work. They have to pay the rent, repay
the bank loans, and cover many other expenses. We call on the government to finally enact legislation to stop the pathology of junk
contracts and precarious working conditions - all the more so considering that many of these workers are fictitiously employed with these
types of contracts and have the right to be in contracts. of regulated employment. We also need a Special Act on compensation for these
workers and victims of unemployment - (multiple) payments to workers with civil contracts who have lost their income due to unemployment at
work and also including those workers whose contracts will end in this period. . We call for everyone to support workers who decide to fight
for their rights. Write to companies that you know are hiring people with junk contracts. We encourage workers to catch up on their rights
and to fight to be recognized as workers with an employment contract.

ZSP will support those workers who want to actively fight for their rights. Join us and show that you don't want this junk contract
pathology to continue!

ZSP

A few days after this statement, the government announced a Special Act. The government recognized the scale of people with junk contracts
(something obvious) and offered them a single payment of 80% of the minimum wage, without deducting taxes (equivalent to 328 euros). The
union saw this as a way to falsely convince the public that it is taking the problem seriously, without actually doing anything that is
minimally sufficient. Firstly, because workers with normal employment contracts will receive 80 percent of their normal salary and also an
additional first and second payment because these payments will last for the duration of the work stoppage, not once. Second, large numbers
of these people are not employed at this time (their contracts ended) and it is unclear whether these people will be covered. In third
place, They are not going to pay anyone who started a contract after March 1, although many people with junk contracts must sign a new
contract each and every month of the year. This "help" is a pittance for the workers. At the same time, the government has offered much more
significant aid to companies.

SECOND COMMUNIQUE FROM ZSP

The garbage jobs crisis - we need firm action

The situation of the crisis of workers with garbage contracts has been increasing over the years. Now you can no longer sweep the problem
and hide it under the carpet. We need a firm action plan.

Low-income people who have lost their jobs due to the epidemic and quarantine should receive aid. We do not accept the idea that this aid is
only 80 percent of the minimum wage. No salary should be lower, not even guaranteed income these days. We also do not accept that this aid
is limited to a single payment. We do not know how long this situation will last. The government has nothing to offer to people who have
lost their jobs (or whose junk contracts were simply not extended) due to the pandemic.

The government agreed that only contractors who have signed contracts before March 1 will be eligible for the aid. Why? Do you ignore the
fact that some companies even sign new contracts monthly with these workers?

The coronavirus pandemic crisis should be used primarily to address the unhealthy situation of junk contract workers who often, in fact,
carry out work under the same conditions as people with normal employment contracts. The situation should be used to compel companies to
create normal jobs and abandon this traditional form of accepted fraud.

We do not yet have any concrete information on how the government intends to pay these people, but if they have to request payment, it is an
opportunity to check if these workers are not really entitled to a normal employment contract. In such a request, the government could
include questions to be completed by workers such as:

1. Have you worked in the same company
a) less than a year (in that case, how many months)
b) 1-2 years
c) more than 2 years
d) more than 5 years

2. Did you carry out the work for your employer under his supervision * and at a place and time determined by him?

(Translator's note: these questions have been asked taking into account the provisions of the Labor Code)

(*) Supervision does not have to be direct nor does it mean that they have to tell you each specific thing you have to do, nor does it mean
that you are in physical presence or in the same location as the supervisor / employer.

If the worker answers affirmatively to question 2, it means that an employment relationship existed and, according to art. 22 paragraph 1 of
the Labor Code, any contract signed with the employer must be legally considered as an employment contract, regardless of the form of the
contract that has actually been signed.

If it turns out that this job had the characteristics of an employment contract or that this job lasted more than a year, this case should
automatically be investigated. The Inspection must have the legal capacity to change the agreement to an employment contract if it meets the
requirements stipulated by the Labor Code. Additionally, these companies that violated the Labor Code using junk contracts when they were
legally required to offer labor contracts, should be excluded from any anti-crisis subsidies charged to the state budget.

The government is currently working on amendments to the Labor Code. Unfortunately they do not foresee any serious changes for workers with
work contracts (translation: the most common form of fictitious civil contract in Poland). We know that many workers who carry out the same
work as those who have labor contracts are with this type of contract and, therefore, they are denied some important labor rights, which is
particularly evident in times of crisis like the one we are going through.

The epidemic has clearly shown how necessary it is to make radical changes to the Labor Code and the powers and actions of the authorities.
The legal loopholes that some companies use to deny workers their rights must be filled and more serious penalties are needed against
companies that use junk contracts.

ZSP

https://iwa-ait.org/es/content/zsp-no-es-momento-de-tener-miedo-es-el-momento-de-actuar?

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Message: 3




On our FB,we have published several examples of struggles working around the world against the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in
recent days. It would be a pity if they fell into the dust, so we will publish it on the web in the form of weekly summaries. The first
weekly summary includes: wild strikes in Amazon, France, doctors strikes in Nigeria, resistance working in the auto industry, occupying
vacant homes in the US, hospital staff strike in London and nurses refusing to smear Canada. ---- Wild strike in Amazon, France ---- Workers
today in three French warehouses of Amazon (Montélimar, Chalon sur Saône and Douai) entered a wild strike due to a lack of protective
measures. They do not have soaps, suitable taps for washing, no hydroalcoholic gels, the distance of 1.5 meters between work stations is not
respected ...).
Thank you for your info at CNT-AIT France.

Source:
https://www.info-chalon.com/articles/sud-de-l-agglomeration/2020/03/17/43382/coronavirus-debrayage-sur-le-site-d-amazon-chalon

Unlimited strike of doctors in Nigeria
Published: 18.3.

Doctors in Nigeria's capital Abuja announced on Tuesday that they are entering an indefinite strike despite the fact that the country is
beginning to increase the numbers of infected coronavirus. The reason is that they have not received wages for more than two months.
According to the head of the medical association, the remaining medical staff, who suffer from the same problems, will join the strike
within 48 hours.

Source:
https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/coronavirus-nigerian-doctors-on-strike/19j9y4m

Automotive in the USA - (non) closing factories, wild strikes and unions
Published: 19.3.

Yesterday the world was reported to report that the three largest US car manufacturers (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors and Ford)
will close their factories. Not concluded. UAW trade unions have reached a "compromise". There will be "rotating partial closures". The
alleged reason for the limitation is positive tests for COVID-19 in workers. The solution should be better hygiene, cleaning the premises,
longer breaks and canceling overtime.

But let's add that at least two small wild strikes have already taken place in Fiat. There were 17 paint shop workers in Detroit and were
not working 24 hours in Ontario last week when workers found their colleague had a positive test for COVID-19. Unions themselves were also
threatened with strikes before the negotiations. We will see if their compromise dampens the insanity of the workers. The closure of most
Fiat factories in Europe was preceded by wild strikes.

Strike of low-paid London hospital staff
Published: 20.3.

30 workers from Lewishame Hospital, London, refused to work on Thursday, March 12. These were the staff from the cleaning services, the
porter's lodge and the canteen. The hospital was privatized in November and already in February there were problems with payouts. The strike
was due to the fact that they did not receive the money in March. The Lewisham Hospital was the first in London to have a patient with
COVID-19. Staff is in charge of keeping the hospital clean and safe, but struggling to survive. As GMB trade union leader said, "For many of
them, missing a paycheck means inability to pay rent or provide food for families."

Source:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-hospital-cleaning -Staff-walk-out-NHS-private-contractor-wages-a9402086.html

Homeless families in Los Angeles occupy empty houses
Published: 21.3.

They took this step after the authorities were unable to provide housing to protect them from the coronavirus pandemic. The first houses
occupied last Saturday, on Wednesday they occupied twelve. They were inspired by a similar action by Moms 4 Housing mothers in Oakland last
year. Both groups are assisted by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment to promote affordable community housing. The houses
were bought by Caltrans in the 1950s in the hope that a motorway project would be implemented (the houses were to be demolished). However,
the project eventually came down and the houses were neither used nor repaired. "They claim it is a crime to come and occupy these houses.
But this is not a crime. It's the right thing, "one of the new residents said.

sources:
https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-03-18/homeless-occupy-more-vacant-homes-coronavirus-pandemic-los-angeles
https://www.latimes.com/homeless -housing / story / 2020-03-14 / homeless-moms-occupy-house-los-angeles-caltrans-coronavirus-pandemic The

nurses in Edmonton refused to remove smears without the necessary masks
Published: 22.3.

About 30 nurses from three Edmonton testing clinics used the right to refuse to work in response to the opinion of the Health Supervision
Authority in the province of Alberta that they are not entitled to N95 respirators (equivalent to the European FFP3 standard). It is the
nurses who consider it appropriate protection.

Nasopharyngeal swabs are also part of COVID-19 testing. Nurses use surgical masks. However, N95 respirators sit more firmly on the face and
protect against aerosol.

Trade unions have stated that all first-line workers who come into contact with patients who are suspected or actually have COVID-19 should
have access to N95 respirators because there is no scientific consensus on how the virus spreading. Therefore, the trade unions must follow
the precautionary principle.

https://www.priamaakcia.sk/COVID-19-Tyzdenny-suhrn-bojov-za-zivot-zdravie-a-pracu-I-.html

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This crisis, which has come to be called the COVID-19 crisis, is yet another crisis of the system and is one of the most "virulent", putting
working people between a rock and a hard place. Governments repeat the mantra that "the virus does not respect social classes or political
ideologies - the virus makes us all equal." But this is not true. Teleworking in a comfortable and spacious home is not the same as spending
long hours in a supermarket checkout. Having a balcony or a terrace or a garden is not the same as living in a crowded shared house. It is
not the same to have a guaranteed job and salary as to be one of those workers who are going to land up on the street due to the closure of
their companies or freelance workers who cannot do their jobs now. ---- The government has announced an injection of funds to alleviate the
economic effects of the crisis, but we have serious doubts about who will benefit from this package of measures. Because our experience
tells us that the brunt of the crises are always paid by us.

The CNT-AIT has a package of demands:

- Paid leave from work for workers forced to leave their job due to any of the measures adopted because of this crisis.

- Immediate stoppage, with paid leave, in all non-essential industries and services.

- An automatic and substantial salary increase for all workers in sectors that must continue to function as employees of supermarkets and
food stores, pharmacies, food distributors, social workers, cleaning, maintenance and health personnel, including sanitary and
administrative workers, cleaners, maintenance, etc.

- Enhancement of care: Remuneration for those who have left their jobs to care for people dependent or affected by the COVID-19 and
effective measures for domestic workers.

-Urgent and humanized assistance for the homeless, the displaced, immigrants and anyone in a vulnerable situation. We ask for a supply of
free food, hygienic products and medicine to all people who live alone or in poverty.

- Suspension of the payment for essential supplies such as electricity, water or sanitation and obviously preventing cuts in these supplies.

-Private healthcare must put all its material and human resources at the service of public healthcare at no cost, in compensation for the
many benefits they have obtained from public funds over the years. These resources should not be returned in the hands of private entities.

- Establish a suspension in the payment of mortgages and in the payment of rents for all families whose income is reduced due to the crisis
and also suspend all evictions.

- Release of all inmates over 65 years of age, pregnant, terminally ill or with lung diseases, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetic and
immunosuppressed patients, or who have cancer treatment, chemotherapy or are under corticosteroid treatment because people with these health
issues are defined as vulnerable.

-The paralysis and withdrawal of sanctions that are being carried out on society, that only serve to blame it, immobilize it and frighten it.

-The immediate withdrawal of the army from the streets. The work they are doing that the working class does with all their necessary
personal protective equipment and with that increase in remuneration already mentioned.

The working class has been carrying the weight of the system on our shoulders for too long. The time has come to say ENOUGH!
GET ORGANIZED AND FIGHT!

CNT-AIT

https://iwa-ait.org/content/statement-cnt-ait-spain-regarding-state-emergency

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Message: 5





Self-protection against pandemic, individualization, isolation and social cannibalism being promoted as a solution. ---- RESISTANCE to
totalitarianism with whatever vehicle it travels. ---- SOLIDARITY with our fellow people irrespective of color, gender, age, sexual
orientation, ability. ---- SELF-ORGANIZATION against the state and capital that oversee and manage our lives. ---- Mutual assistance between
us to meet basic needs, material and psychological. ---- In this difficult situation as it is shaped both from a health point of view and
because of state options we have to protect and protect anyone and everyone belonging to vulnerable groups. Take all the necessary hygiene
and protection measures to prevent and prevent the spread of coronavirus. At the same time to think and show solidarity with the elderly,
the homeless, the drug addicts, the migrants, the poor, the incarcerated, the workers and to those in need. To anyone and # staying home
signals a traumatic experience.

After the harsh measures to limit the pandemic by the Greek state and others around the world, we will try to argue why we have no
confidence in any state organization to manage the crisis of the coronavirus but above all in our lives.The Greek state has been and
continues to be the one that in recent years under the pretext of the financial crisis has leveled the public health system and promoted,
ideologically and in practice, privatization of health care services to operate profitably. There have been dozens of statements by current
government executives since the crisis that, with glee and sufficient arrogance, are proclaiming extreme neo-liberal positions to privatize
the public health system. They are the same people who are currently managing public money, the public health system and all the
biopolitical tools that their generosity in power gives them.They are the same people who decided again, as if the dozens of equipment
scandals never happened, investing billions in equipment programs while shutting down hospitals. It is they who prioritized the recruitment
of thousands of police officers to enforce the doctrine of law and order while blatantly neglecting the recruitment of ICUs and the
recruitment of nurses. It is the same state that enforces a series of bans on one hand but holds thousands of immigrants / detainees in
concentration camps, attacks antifascist demonstrators in Rethymno, Crete, and stabs 90 injured in underground parking lots in prisons,
imposes extended hours and opening hours on Sunday in super markets leading to the killing of workers (s) without any occupational or health
protection.

We cannot trust the state and capital that are the main culprits not so much for the coronavirus, although we believe that plunder and
destruction of the planet contribute to the production and spread of social disasters, but they are certainly responsible for its management.

"The disease first developed in the market of Wuhan, capital of Hubei, one of the most densely populated areas of China. An area - built of
blast furnaces and cement-makers - that has become the country's smokestack: it is there that the heart that has donated the industrial
growth of the Asian giant is beating. The large quantities of building materials and the training of specialized engineers, whose birthplace
is the area, have strengthened throughout the post-crisis period. Indeed, during these years the Chinese State has implemented enormous
construction and other infrastructure projects. Across China, health coverage is virtually zero. A huge number of workers from other
regions, who are - by the way - illegal in their workplaces (because of the diabolical hukou system) and therefore live in a semi-paranoid
condition without any cover ... It is important to emphasize that this is a structural condition that is not due to the intense or the
rougher cruelty of each ruler. As we have pointed out in other texts[1], the end of Keynesian policies finds one of its explanations for the
decline in world profits, a phenomenon that was reinforced by the recession that began in 2008. A study published in an interesting article
by the blog Chuang[2]- which we recommend reading - clarifies the fact that if - in the Dongguan area - companies were undertaking to cover
their workforce, then they would see their profits cut in half and thus be forced to shift their production elsewhere. Overcrowding in
unhealthy and densely populated areas and lack of basic health coverage have contributed to the notorious transition to the human species of
Covid-19. According to various studies, it is estimated that in the future the transmission of viral forms from animals to humans will be
more and more likely - and we will add - increasingly lethal. "

Excerpt from text by Italian partners, prolprot.espivblogs.net

We cannot trust the state and capital because they are deeply antisocial institutions. It is they who plunder nature in every way and
destroy the planet for profit only, without taking into account the lives of all living beings, human and non-human, without considering the
social and environmental disasters that are a natural consequence of their choices. . In this case, they may not be directly responsible for
the appearance and spread of the virus, but they are responsible for the inability of thousands of people to access basic goods and the
state of health structures that are in complete disintegration due to their sophisticated and chronic degradation.Chronic exposure of health
systems to neoliberal dreams drastically increases the risk and mortality rates of coronavirus. We cannot accept to use fear as a tool to
impose tougher conditions of exploitation and oppression but also to discipline society. We cannot trust that these measures that intensify
control, repression, oppression and exploitation will not continue to be implemented even after the current health crisis.

Measures imposing the militarization of daily life, surveillance and total control as a weapon against both the virus and the
"irresponsibility" of citizens who "do not count on the individual responsibility they bear". The state therefore speaks through the media
about individual responsibility to cover state responsibility for spreading and responding to the virus. It speaks of individual
responsibility for covering salaries and on-call dues to doctors and nurses. He is talking about individual responsibility for hiding that
he was hospitalized and not hiring in the health sector. He is talking about individual responsibility for concealing that he deliberately
undermines the public health system and seeks to turn it into a private enterprise.He is talking about individual responsibility for
forgetting that he was hiring cops instead of financing the health sector. When you sow repression, you will find control and discipline of
the whole society, not prevention, public health, and solidarity.

It is at least funny that those with the power to speak of individual and equal responsibility. INDIVIDUAL AND EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY HAVE
EVERYONE AND WHO ARE EQUALLY MANAGING THEIR LIFE Otherwise individual responsibility is reminiscent of "eating them together". In a
class-stratified and hierarchically structured society, "individual responsibility" is the pretext for sharing the burden on everyone and
everyone and the privileges of the few.We do not all have the same financial opportunity, we do not all have home, we do not have access to
all health services and quality, we do not have access to health and financing decisions, we have no choice but to all work out. It is not
easy for everyone to stay home. Governments elected by 20% of society cannot speak for the whole of society, and therefore their main
concern is their repressive power (see police recruitment). Individual responsibility is, therefore, enshrined by the state and journalistic
parrots to hide the lethal responsibilities of those who rule us and decide for our lives.

In the face of this unprecedented situation, we will not share the same responsibilities with the state and capital from below, as we do not
share privileges. We will not trust our lives and our health to government officials, experts, cops, the military and journalists. Because
at the moment we need to be protected both by the coronavirus and by the methods of state and capital for further control and enslavement of
our lives. That is why we must protect our health and our freedom.

We owe it to ourselves and to our fellow humans to take all the necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus . Keeping a distance
in our joint meetings, washing our hands regularly, sitting home if we are sick, covering our mouth and nose with a scarf, and following the
hygiene instructions.

We do not accept any traffic bans and any military law as necessary evil . Our freedom must not be sacrificed on the altar of any "special
purpose" and must go along with the responsibility and freedom of the (neighborhood) in which we live. It is another matter of our
self-protection, which we all must take seriously, and another of militarization, control, surveillance and enforcement in the interests of
the rulers' plans.

We need to think about what will happen to the thousands of immigrants and migrant incarcerated in concentration camps . Taking state action
to tackle the pandemic while stacking thousands of people under desperate and inhumane conditions is the most outrageous element of its
intentions. Eliminate concentration camps now and gain access to precautionary information, health services, human housing and nutrition.

We must support inmates' demands for access to health, better health care, against limiting visits and immediate detention.

We need to take care of people who are homeless . To go on leave and observed houses. To ask ourselves if they need anything and to help
them. Reopen the housing squads that were evacuated in the past few months and work on the solidarity and mutual assistance structures that
housed them.

We need to build networks of solidarity and strengthen what exists. No one, regardless of gender, nationality, age, and language, should be
left alone and helpless during these difficult times . Let us not tolerate cannibalistic behavior and discrimination. Sharing announcements,
talking to our neighbors, and actively supporting self-organized solidarity structures in social centers and occupations. Self-organization,
mutual help, and the collectivization of everyday life are the only response both to the virus and to those who care for our lives.

Support and respect employees in the super market, hospitals, delivery and generally those who are at risk for us . Demand better wages,
self-protection, maintaining Sunday holidays, paying overtime and on-call time and supporting employee demands. Do not allow overtime due to
work from home. Do not let employees (s) get into the dilemma of "putting back together for the" lost "bosses' profits". To prioritize our
needs and think as employees rather than customers.

We have to go through this difficult time to look for saviors in our fellow humans and in our neighbors, not in the rulers. Everyone's
health is also a health for all of us. Let us support solidarity with cannibalism. Mutual assistance in isolation and individualism.
Resistance to the discipline and tradition of our lives.

anarchist collectivity Vogliamo tutto e per tutti

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Many of us have seen the heart-rending images of patients critically ill from Coronavirus lying in hospital corridors waiting to die in
Italy. The number of patients far outweighs the amount of equipment and medicines available to treat them and medical staff have been forced
into the agonising situation of having to decide who will be treated. Meanwhile in Spain and France the health services are overloaded and
very soon it will be the same situation in North America and throughout much of Europe, including in Britain. ---- For the last four decades
health services have been under attack as a result of austerity measures and increasing privatisation. The results of these vicious measures
are now blatantly apparent. Whether it is the Democrats and the Republicans in the USA, Gaullist, Socialist or Macron governments in France,
both Labour and Conservative governments in Britain, etc, it is all these administrations which have decimated health services at the whim
of the ruling class's desire for neo-liberal policies which entails huge attacks on public services and the social wage.

It is the ruling class as a whole that has been responsible and will continue to be responsible for many deaths as a result of the
Coronavirus pandemic.

A pandemic of this nature has been predicted for some time and was foreseeable. Yet the Trump regime closed down a special pandemic unit,
and cuts have continued in health services throughout the world. Patients with other critical illnesses are desperately worried that they
will suffer from a prioritisation of Coronavirus victims, due to the overloading of health services.

Meanwhile the rich scuttle to their second homes in the countryside, in the process increasing the possibility of the spread of the virus.

Capitalism has been shown as not being capable of dealing with Coronavirus. Against their bleak world of greed and selfishness, we need to
advance social demands, for the requisitioning of private healthcare into public health services, for the requisitioning and socialisation
of the pharmaceutical industries, for the requisitioning of the supermarkets and internet supply services, for decisive measures to control
the virus, with the right of all to self-isolate with full pay. This has to be carried out by the working class itself, who have the
know-how to run all these industries and services.

We have to advance the concepts of a collective approach to the crisis, for a social revolution to move to a new world based on mutual aid,
community and solidarity.

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2020/03/23/many-deaths-on-their-hands-the-guilt-of-the-ruling-class/

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Message: 7




Below is the latest update on how the scheme will work. ---- The situation is changing all the time but as far as we are aware the following
is correct as we understand it as of Wednesday 23rd March. ---- Which companies are eligible under the scheme? All UK businesses are
eligible, including charitable, non-profit, public sector, local authorities and so on. ---- Which workers are eligible? All workers on
P.A.Y.E will qualify for 80% of their earnings. This is likely to include most workers, apart from the self-employed who have yet to receive
any real support from the government. ---- The scheme will apply to all workers on the payroll on 1st March 2020. This should include new
starters. ---- How will my pay be calculated? It is still unclear if things like overtime will be included or whether you will receive 80%
of your basic pay. The likelihood is that it will be based on your contractual pay which in many cases could include overtime depending on
your contract of employment.

Pay should be backdated to March 1st.

There is still confusion as to what period will be used to calculate your pay. If your income does not vary from month to month it should be
straight forward to work out your pay. However, if your pay does vary it can be more complex. No doubt, the government will announce a set
period to calculate pay, for example your average pay for the last 12 weeks or your earnings for the month of February. While awaiting
clarification, you should demand that your employer still pays you, for example based on your pay for February or your last pay cheque.

You can still ask your employer to make up the other 20% of lost earnings.

If the loss of 20% of your earnings puts you in financial difficulties you can try to claim benefits.
Can I work if I am laid off or to use the government's term "furloughed"? As things stand at the moment you are not allowed to work while
being furloughed, though this may change.
It is still unclear in regards to the situation if you have two or more jobs. You should ask your employer to be paid under the scheme in
any job where you find yourself laid off or "furloughed". However, if you are laid off in one job and continue to work in another, you
should still ask to be paid under the scheme for the job where you have been laid off.

Can my boss ask me to work while I am laid off or furloughed? At present, your boss cannot ask you to work while being furloughed so you can
refuse.

Is the scheme voluntary for employers? The scheme is voluntary so your company does not have to participate. However, your employer will get
a full refund for any wages paid out, including associated costs. In the meantime, if they are struggling financially they can also apply
for a loan through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. Therefore, there is no reason why your company should not pay you,
other than them being a set of bastards such as Wetherspoons.

Do I have to accept being furloughed? No. You can refuse to accept to be furloughed and request redundancy instead if that suits you. Your
employer must ask you if you are prepared to be furloughed, they cannot simply lay you off.

If I agree to be furloughed, does it alter my existing terms and conditions? No, but you should make this clear when you agree to be
furloughed. The best way to do this is by email or letter, confirming that you agree to be furloughed but stressing that you wish your
existing terms and conditions to continue. This should include continuity of service and leave continuing to accrue during the period that
you are furloughed.

WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I HAVE BEEN LAID OFF?

Do not just wait and see what happens. You should contact your employer and request that you be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job
Retention Scheme. Also, talk to your workmates, keep in touch with them and get organised. Contact your employer collectively and make
demands. Doing nothing will achieve nothing!

SolFed is putting together a template for a letter you can use to contact your employer demanding to be furloughed under the government
scheme. It should be ready shortly. For a copy contact us.

http://www.solfed.org.uk/manchester/under-the-governments-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-you-will-receive-80-of-wages-up-to

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Message: 8



Enough playing with human life! We do not want to be a living anti-crisis shield!
Mar 23, 2020 Department: Documents ---- The position of the OZZ National Commission Employee Initiative towards the government's
"anti-crisis shield" ---- The Employee Initiative critically assesses the government's plan of the "anti-crisis shield". Both the amount
allocated for assistance and the proposed solutions are far from sufficient or even wrong. Many proposals contained in the "shield" will
lead to lower wages, weakening trade unions and even greater subordination of employees to employees. We categorically oppose any wage cuts,
which are a form of passing on to employees and employees the costs of the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic. ---- In addition, we
are particularly critical of the following elements of the government's proposals:

1. A huge number of people employed on junk contracts (orders, for specific work, for a limited period), by the so-called outsourcing,
temporary or self-employment agencies will suffer the most. From day to day they faced the threat of losing their earnings and lack of any
benefits. Meanwhile, the government assumes only one-off assistance in the amount of PLN 2,000 gross, which, given the predictions that the
collapse will last for many months, is a form of alms rather than real support.

2. 2,5 mln ludzi w Polsce pozbawionych jest nie tylko ubezpieczenia chorobowego i nie moze isc na platne zwolnienie lekarskie, ale takze
zdrowotnego - ma dostep jedynie do podstawowej opieki zdrowotnej i w przypadku koniecznosci skorzystania ze specjalistycznej pomocy
lekarskiej lub pobytu w szpitalu musi za te uslugi placic. Epidemia koronawirusa jednoznacznie dowodzi, ze powszechne prawo do ochrony
zdrowia lezy w interesie calego spoleczenstwa - w tej kwestii, "tarcza" nie przewiduje jednak zadnych istotnych zmian.

3. The government is trying to focus public attention on the issue of preserving jobs and thus justifies diverting huge sums of money to
entrepreneurs. They will gain, among others wage subsidies during downtime and the possibility of reducing the salary of an employed crew by
up to half! This means that the beneficiaries of government assistance are employers, and its costs are borne by employees and employees.

4. The proposed changes in labor law give employers a lot of freedom in unilaterally imposing changes in the organization of work on
employees (especially when it comes to working time or economic downtime). In a country where trade unions and all forms of employee control
have been systematically fought at workplaces, this means a lack of social control over the use of funds that companies will receive from
the state budget, and the inability to counteract attempts by employers of "anti-crisis measures" severe by employees ", Which you don't
need to enter.

5. The government has not stammered at all about unemployment benefits. In periods of high unemployment, trade unions have repeatedly
indicated that unemployment benefits are too low and the time for which they are allocated is too short. For example, in December 2019, only
16.4% of registered unemployed persons were entitled to the benefit, and its amount was only PLN 741.87 net for the first 3 months. If we
assume that we are dealing with a serious crisis, the government must also accept that there will be a significant increase in the number of
unemployed people who need income to survive.

6. A massive wave of dismissals of people employed on junk contracts (orders, work, self-employed and fixed-term employment contracts) in
industries such as gastronomy, tourism, entertainment, or at subcontractors of institutions from the public services industry highlights the
pathological nature of these forms of employment. Meanwhile, the government's message to those working in these industries is "you had to
insure yourself." As if the issue of sickness insurance in mandate contracts depended solely on employees' decisions and as if people
employed on junk contracts were not faced with additional problems: day-to-day dismissals, no severance pay, no real possibility of legal
protection against unjustified dismissal or lack of remuneration for downtime.

7. We categorically oppose any changes aimed at making work more flexible (e.g. working time by extending the reference period). For three
decades, the government's standard response to crises (real and presumed) has been to make employment more flexible, with disastrous effects
on the sustainability of employment relationships. Today, the government proves that it can operate only in the canon of neoliberal economic
policy, which always ultimately seeks to weaken the position of employees on the labor market.

8. The proposed package does not address the issue of the deepening problem of low pensions and the protection of this group of employed
(earning) from the effects of the crisis.

9. Little space was also devoted to protecting home budgets against rising food prices and housing charges, and the consequences of loss of
income such as arrears, debt to utility companies (electricity, heating, gas), the threat of eviction or bailiff auction of private housing.

10. The government's proposal comes at a time when democratic public consultation procedures and codecision are suspended on these issues
that are important to us all. Therefore, we are afraid that the stream of possible help will be directed primarily to the banking sector,
which - as you know - has the strongest impact on today's world of politics. In fact, a significant part of the PLN 212 billion aid package
goes to the financial sector. The previous economic crisis (2007-2008) led to the fact that the same banking sector consumed not billions,
but literally billions of dollars and euros. When the next breakdown has now taken place, the financial sector is by no means helpful in
saving the economy, but it will drag it to the bottom. Is a scandal that the ruling class has not drawn enough lessons from the previous
crisis and today puts us all against blackmail by the financiers. The problem boils down to, among others to the fact that banks (private
and commercialized) are in possession of our salaries, which means that we are today under their pressure and blackmail. Therefore, the
National Bank of Poland, in consultation with the government, decided to increase the liquidity of banks by releasing them from the
obligation to create reserves (PLN 40 billion)

11. Subsequent neoliberal governments (including PiS twice) are responsible for the fact that the needs of the following industries have
been systematically ignored: health care, social assistance, care for the elderly and dependents. Underfunding for years key sectors to
defend our health and life show their weaknesses. The Polish health care system breaks under the influence of an additional several hundred
people requiring hospitalization! All the neglect and consequences of a long-term policy of cuts in the public sector can now lead to a
large-scale epidemiological and economic collapse.

12. The package lacks solutions that really support people burdened with caring for children, the elderly or with disabilities who suffer
from difficult access to treatment and rehabilitation.

Instead of the "anti-crisis shield" proposed by the government, we demand:

1. The temporary closure of those workplaces whose activities are not necessary during the epidemic, and which, due to the organization of
work, pose a threat to public health (warehouses and manufacturing plants that do not produce or supply the necessary goods such as
pharmaceuticals or food) . Employees of these establishments should receive 100% of their remuneration for this time on a downtime basis,
and public authorities should strictly prevent employers from sending employees to "forced leave".

2. Create a system of social benefits that guarantees everyone's income if they are unable to work and the right to healthcare regardless of
the circumstances. The current crisis should be used to remodel the entire social security system in such a way that access to health care
is the real right of all citizens, that unemployed people have survivors' income ensuring that the roof over their heads is the universal
right of each and every one of us.

3. Establishing and strengthening forms of employee control in workplaces or directing help directly to their appropriate addressees -
employees.

4. Increasing the amount of unemployment benefits, extending their payment period and introducing a universal right to receive such an
allowance for all persons of working age who are unemployed.

5. Liquidation of junk contracts - mandate contracts, work contracts, self-employment, temporary work and temporary employment (for a
limited period) transfer the risk of crises (health, environmental, economic) to the shoulders of working people and only serve to intensify
exploitation. The lesson of this epidemic is primarily that the only acceptable form of employment should be a permanent employment contract
(preceded by at most one contract for a trial period).

6. Protect pensions and raise the minimum pension. The aim should be to establish a pension system that provides elderly people with a
decent amount of benefits enabling them to cover all necessary living costs so that there is no need to 'earn too little pension'.

7. Freezing of rents and fees for housing, suspension of eviction and providing free access to basic utilities for all (electricity, gas,
running water, heating). Tens of thousands of people in the crisis of homelessness who are currently in a particularly dangerous situation
should receive immediate help.

8. Nationalization of the banking and financial sector and key industries in the event of an epidemic crisis such as health or transport, or
subjecting them to other restrictive forms of social control.

9. Granting public health financing priority on the state's expenditure side.

10. Establish a financial support program for the care sector so that it can meet the needs of dependent persons and their guardians.

Under no circumstances should all costs of such increased public expenditure be passed on to employees and employees. Over the past 30
years, employers have intercepted more than half of the wealth generated by the economy in the form of profits - today, when money is needed
for unemployment benefits or health care funding, we remind you that money for all expenses related to the crisis can be found in the
pockets of bosses, people richest, presidents and bankers. Only dividends paid to shareholders last year by the 13 largest companies listed
on the Polish stock exchange amounted to PLN 12.3 billion - this is ten times more than, e.g., the funds planned for this year in the budget
of the Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund, which aims to finance employees' remuneration .

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