This year we were again on the streets in Osnabrück on May 1st, the day of
struggle of the working class. We distributed the following flyer:A world to win!For strikes everywhere!For some time now, strikes have been taking place in the western world, and thatis a good thing, especially because that is not the reason for it. Food andenergy inflation, in particular, is putting pressure on workers to stand up fortheir right demands with more determination. The United States, after a longperiod of weak unionization and worker collective representation, is experiencinga boom in union membership, attempts to secure worker representation inworkplaces, and of course campaigning for better working conditions and higher wages.The workers employed there encounter fierce resistance from the companiesexploiting them, whether through anti-union propaganda or the dismissal of activeunionists. The government is also not inactive, for example by enactinglegislation forcing unions in the rail sector to negotiate a dealto accept that their members had previously rejected in a vote and thus preventeda possible strike.Great Britain is also experiencing a wave of trade union activity and industrialaction, which is met with hostility there, particularly by the government. TheMinister of Health has a nurses' strike banned by a court and does not even wantto negotiate with striking assistant doctors as long as they do not back downfrom their demand to at least compensate for real wage losses of more than 26%since 2008.In France, workers are on strike against the theft of their lifetime by cuttingpension entitlements and raising the retirement age, and are being attacked byarmed police forces.In the Federal Republic of Germany strikes in the post office, in local,long-distance and air traffic are accused by capital of taking the country andespecially companies "hostage" in the context of a hallucinated "general strike"and demands are made that Restrict the right to strike even further than italready is.social partnership? No thank you!And it is precisely at these points that the central conflict of the wholeargument between the people who actually have to work and those who exploit theirlabor power becomes apparent. Wage increases and better working conditions alwaysreduce the profitability of capital employed, and everything in capitalistsociety depends on profitability.It is therefore only logical that governments oppose the interests of workersand, if in doubt, have them bludgeoned.After all, one's own position in the world market competition depends to a largeextent on how well profits can be made in the respective country. However,profits can only be drawn from people being exploited at work.The material interests of workers and bosses are therefore in fundamentalcontradiction, which cannot be bridged by even the heartiest talk of so-calledsocial partnership. Rather, this co-management of the unions with the companiesviolates the needs of the workers.Unbroken solidarityHowever, the gaps between the workers in different companies, professions,economic sectors and countries can be bridged. Because their interests as aworking class are basically the same: at least good working conditions andsufficient pay for a bearable life.In the best case, however, the joint democratic determination of how societyshould function. In other words, determination of what is to be produced underwhich conditions.How care for children, the elderly, people with disabilities and the sick shouldbe regulated. Because this care work does not primarily take place collectivelyand is based on direct personal relationships, reference should be made here tosocial feminist struggles that are active in this context, such as the feministstrike movement. And finally, it's about how a good life should be organized foreveryone without constantly being under the endless and immeasurable compulsionto be profitable.For the construction of such a society, freed from the compulsion to exploit,this means organizing oneself as workers with others, showing unbroken solidaritywith all people who are forced to work and fight for an improvement in theirsituation, both in the company and above all beyond.After all, improving the situation of workers means a better world for all. Andin order to win this better world, it means standing together and fighting for itas a working class together and in solidarity.Solidarity instead of social partnership!For militant unions!https://likos.noblogs.org/2023/05/03/1-mai-eine-welt-zu-gewinnen/_________________________________________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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