WORLD WORLDWIDE GERMANY News Journal Update - (en) Germany, Die Platform: Addendum to the discussion on political and wildcat strikes with Duygu Kaya and Attorney Benedikt Hopmann in the Café & Grössenwahn (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 

The discussion mentioned took place on August 12th, 2023 as part of our
Café & Grössenwahn. After a short greeting from us, Duygu and Benedikt
took over the moderation. ---- Benedikt began by explaining what the
situation is with the German right to strike (see also lecture: "The
right to strike is a human right"), as well as the current status of the
process against the dismissal of the three Gorillas employees in 2021.
---- One of the most discussed topics of the day was the "relationship"
of "the radical left" and the trade unions in Germany. A quote from DGB
leader Yasmin Fahimi was given as an example of the obvious
fragmentation: "But now is not the time for fundamental debates critical
of capitalism." The social partnership policy of the German trade unions
is diametrically opposed to a radical break with the existing capitalist
regime. At the same time, the unions are the only socially relevant
workers' organizations. Based on these findings, a controversial debate
developed about membership and/or active participation/influence in
these same unions. We cannot present a final result here; none of those
present claimed to have the perfect plan in their pockets.

In addition to the discussion about union work, those present shared
their reasons for taking part in the event, which led to an explanation
by Duygu about the actual exploitative conditions of the "guest workers
2.0".

All in all, it can be said that it was an insightful round that we would
like to repeat as part of our Café & Megalomania.

We will be continuing our program as part of the "Campaign for a
comprehensive right to strike" on October 14th, 2023 and are looking
forward to welcoming you to our Café & Megalomania on the topic "1973 -
the year of wildcat strikes in West Germany".

We would also like to call on you to do the same as us and either become
part of the campaign or support it, for example by promoting our events.

The campaign can be found here:

https://rechtaufstreik.noblogs.org/

#ClassStrike
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