job losses
Archive of articles on job losses and working class struggles against them.
Hell’s bells: call centre and workers in global movement
Information and interviews on call centre work and struggles in Romania and India from January 2010.
It seems that with the crisis a last push of global re-location of call centre and IT related services take place. IBM announces to cut thousands of jobs in the global north while adding 5,000 jobs to its India centres. Though the interview with Convergys workers reveals that the call centre Mekka Gurgaon is not left untouched by the slump either.
Struggle at Wipro in Romania
University of Sussex occupied against cuts
Over 100 students have occupied a conference centre at the University of Sussex in Brighton against proposed course cuts and job losses.
The occupiers released a statement:
We have occupied the top floor of Bramber House, University of Sussex, Brighton. There are 106 of us.
The decision to occupy has been taken after weeks of concerted campaigning during which the university management have repeatedly failed to take away the threat of compulsory redundancies and course cuts.
Turkey: Tekel workers take on the government and the unions
A detailed account an analysis of the struggle of thousands of Tekel workers in Turkey against mass closures, who have been on strike for weeks and have now occupied the headquarters of the country's main union confederation.
On December 14th 2009, thousands of workers of Tekel[1] enterprises from dozens of cities in Turkey left their homes and families in order to travel to Ankara. The workers of Tekel took this journey with the aim of struggling against the horrible conditions forced upon them by the capitalist order.
1980: Defeat at Fiat - Marco Revelli
An analysis of the historic five week strike of Fiat workers in Turin against mass layoffs, which was defeated and ushered in a new age of insecurity for Fiat workers in Italy.
Mexico: as the union drops the unwinnables and looks to negotiate, ex Luz y Fuerza workers wildcat
The long-running saga of the 44,000 ex Luz y Fuerza workers in Mexico's central regions continues. Now the Sindicato Mexicano de Electristas has effectively abandoned 24,000 of its members in its negotiations with the government, prompting many workers to escalate their protests against the union's wishes. Two workers were arrested at one protest camp before quickly being released.
This is a surprisingly good article from Narco News:
"Two Workers Detained and Later Released Following Other Campaign Mobilizations
Occupied bike factory in Germany, 2007
Wildcat on the workers of Bike Systems in Germany who occupied their factory and resumed production when their plant was scheduled for closure.
Impressions from the occupied factory hall in Nordhausen
How long will the 'bureaucratic course' last?
Strike at TRW auto supplier in Germany, 2007
An account of a successful strike at TRW automobile supplier in Krefeld, Germany, April 2007.
"Hardly anything comes out of the blue"
Workers illegally fired in Poland's Special Zone of Exploitation - interview, 2006
An interview with Jacek Rosolowski, a sacked member of Workers Initiative about his job and organising drive in Poland's Special Economic Zone.
How long did you work for Impel-Tom? Where did you work before?
Interview with Bosch-Siemens worker, 2005
Wildcat Germany interview a worker from the Berlin Bosch-Siemens appliances factory which was threatened with closure until workers threatened to strike for a better redundancy deal.
In the last newsletter we published an article on the plan to close down the Bosch-Siemens household appliances factory in Berlin/Germany. This is an update from Wildcat #75, Winter 2005/06: A conversation with a worker from that factory.
"Now They Call Us Heroes Everywhere!"
Washing machines factory in Berlin closing down, 2005
As a large washing machine factory in Berlin closes down, Wildcat examine the history of the plant, and the manufacturing of household appliances in Germany as a whole.
“...the only thing they can expect from us...”
