In recent years, also due to the pandemic, the deterioration of the living and
working conditions of workers has affected the whole of Europe. Unemployment andprecariousness have increased social inequalities and concomitant loss of minimumtrade union rights. ---- Beginning in June last year, the majority of Italiangrassroots and conflictual trade union organisations felt that a path of unitedconfrontation capable of identifying shared and coordinated strategies andobjectives of struggle was unavoidable. ---- The claim platforms that emergedfrom this path had two main significant moments: the first was the general strikeof 11 October 2021, on which date demonstrations were held in many Italian citiesto block redundancies, demand wage and pension increases, protection frominflation, an income for the unemployed, true trade union democracy, safetyguarantees in the workplace and the protection of migrant workers.In the more social spheres we opposed the unblocking of evictions, all genderdiscrimination, harmful production, large speculative works, military spendingand servitudes, while we demanded urgent measures in the areas of health,education, transport and environmental protection.Together we demonstrated against the G20 on 30 October and on 4 December wecalled a day of protest against the current Italian prime minister, called 'NoDraghi Day'.In March 2022, the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine as a continuation ofa conflict hypocritically ignored by European countries, but already bloody since2014 in the Donbass region, changed the European and global geopolitical landscape.The social and economic consequences of the war crisis that for months has markedthe clash between Russian and NATO expansionism are inexorably affecting the lesswell-off social classes throughout Europe while sowing destruction and deathamong the innocent Ukrainian civilian population, to whom our solidarity goes.The launching by Italy and the EU of a 'War Economy' characterised by anextraordinary increase in military expenditure for a real co-belligerence and thesending of weapons to Ukraine, as well as hypocritical sanctions with a boomerangeffect that mainly affect sectors such as energy, transport and food, have causedan increase in inflation and the high cost of living.On 20 May 2022, we proclaimed a general and social strike against war, the wareconomy and the war government, which saw demonstrations in at least 27 cities inour country.In view of the evidence that political and economic decisions are being takenjointly by the major European governments, that the war and the war economy willlast for a long time, we believe that an initial phase of contact for a Europeanconfrontation of alternative trade unionism is also necessary on our part inorder to jointly assess the possibility of shared and coordinated protestinitiatives.We therefore propose that you participate in an "International Forum ofGrassroots Unionism" to be held in Rome on 10 and 11 September 2022 to search fornew alliances and perspectives for trade union struggles at the European level.The invitation is addressed to all interested European trade union organisationsand associations that wish to be present in Rome with their delegations, but wealso hope for the remote participation of trade union organisations operating inother countries.On the basis of the adhesions that we hope will arrive as soon as possible, wewill provide all logistical and organisational details.GreetingsAt the moment: ADL Varese, CIB-Unicobas, COBAS Sardegna, CUB, SGB, USI-CIThttps://www.facebook.com/segretario.unicobas/posts/pfbid0Sp9CyBkcN8wmwEbJNRu5sBnGPok6wFgvPukrfNbt7YfqqSUGLbuPYQxeJ8Th6oetl_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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