Fiat
FIAT factory blockaded
The FIAT factory at Pomigliano (NA) in Southern Italy has been blockaded since Thursday April 10th.
The mobilisation was organised by a workers committee, constituted independently from union membership. 99% of workers adhered to the strike, which was loosened on Monday 14th April when workers decided to only block gates for goods in an attempt to force the factory to a halt.
1962-1973: Worker and student struggles in Italy
A history of the wave of strikes and occupations that gripped Italian factories and universities during the 1960s. Coming to a head with the Hot Autumn of 1969, independent forms of struggle used by workers represented a significant attempt to break from restrictive trade unions.
Rising from a period of centre-left coalition that had been marked by a constant failure to bring promised reforms to Italian society, the struggles of the 1960s acted as a pressure gauge for many sections of the Italian working class, one which was to reach its climax during the mass strikes of 1968-1970.
Spontaneous strikes at Fiat Mirafiori, Italy, 2005
Short article about a brief wildcat strike at Fiat on 21 April 2005.
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...
The historiography of the mass worker - Steve Wright
Steve Wright's historical study of the development of the mass worker across the world and the effect it had on working class struggle.
This article by Steve Wright appeared in The Commoner, No.5, in 2002. It is also reproduced here in its original pdf format (100kb).
The Historiography of the Mass Worker
(Chapter 8 of Storming Heaven: Class composition and struggle in Italian autonomist marxism)
