accounts
Archive of accounts with radicals and working class activists on libcom.org.
4. Maidstone, National Front demonstration 1984
A personal account of opposing a fascist National Front demonstration in Maidstone, Kent, 1984.
Under new management - Fisher-Bendix occupation, 1972
Solidarity's excellent eyewitness account, with background information, of the Fisher-Bendix factory and offices against closure. The workers also implemented certain new aspects of work policy.
The workers at Fisher-Bendix, Kirkby near Liverpool, occupied the entire factory and offices on Wednesday, January 5, 1972. This action by all the workers, manual and non-manual, represents an advanced form of struggle.
Irish stew: Experiences of a waitress in Germany, 2002
This was written to share the experience of one waitress with others. We often work in small places for short times, but if we all stand together we have a chance to fight back against the crap we get at work. This starts with sharing what is going on...
Being a McWorker in Germany, 2002
One worker's account of being a McDonalds employee in Germany, with information about the workforce, the atmosphere and issues facing the workers.
What is McDonald's?
Fiat - call centre report from Milano, Italy, 2002
Report from October 2002 about work, resistance and the possibilities for struggle in a Milan call centre.
At the beginning everything looks really nice when you enter Fiat's call centre in Milan. Lots of space, multi-coloured cubicle walls and little flags, lots of young people sitting in front of large monitors, wandering around or relaxing and smoking in the corner by the vending machines. They speak all kinds of languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish...
Call centre report from Athens, Greece, 2002
A short account from November 2002 of working in a commission-based telesales call centre in Athens, Greece.
Teleprime is a call centre company which sells mobile phones and, more importantly, issues credit cards. It has many branches all over Athens (at least).
An account of setting up workplace assemblies
A short account by Raul, a ceramics worker, of how workers won the right to hold mass assemblies in the factory during work time.
His factory was Zanon in Argentina, made famous when workers later occupied it in 2001 and began running it themselves.
Wildcats return with a roar - postal wildcat strike, 2003
Article about the Royal Mail wildcat strike and other wildcat actions in the UK in 2003.
We could have borrowed this headline of last weeks English Anarchist publications, but we actually nicked it from the Financial Times of the 6 November. The wildcat strikes are back, after the work stoppages at Heathrow airport, there have been wildcat actions by the postal workers and the fire fighters in the last two weeks. How can this be?
Serviceair baggage handlers strike, Gatwick Airport, UK, 2004
A first person account of a picket line visit at a Serviceair baggage handlers strike at Gatwick Airport in 2004, with information about the strike.
Spread Cheese against Scabs - Picket line account from German Gate Gourmet strike, 2005
First person account of a picket line in November 2005 after 43 days of strike against catering firm Gate Gourmet in Germany.
