A Dedicated Grassroots Troublemaker
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Dec 15 2020 13:40
Christian Krähling, Amazon worker and activist, wrote this song for the Chicago Amazon workers at DCH1 warehouse. They won a fight for equal Paid Time Off (PTO) in March 2020, during a pandemic.
https://en.labournet.tv/pto-everyone
Christian passed away on December 10, 2020.
Amazon Workers International, an international network of militant Amazon workers, wrote this beautiful obituary, pledging to continue the common project:
Taking Sides - The Story Of The Workers Aid Convoys
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Aug 6 2020 04:56
Activist Bob Myers talks about a little-known internationalist action during the war in Yugoslavia. Between 1992 and 1995, British activists organised aid convoys to Tuzla.
An example of international solidarity from below.
Video, 50min, engl: https://en.labournet.tv/taking-sides-story-workers-aid-convoys
Air to Breathe
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on May 4 2020 12:34
Air To Breathe - 40 Years of Oposition At Opel in Bochum
is a film about a group of militant workers inside the Opel car plant in Bochum, Germany. The group was founded in 1972, initially with the help of revolutionaries from the 1968 movement.
Seizing the Means of Production: A Spotlight on Vio.Me
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Aug 22 2019 10:59
A video report about the occupied Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki. By Unicorn Riot, 2019.
https://en.labournet.tv/seizing-means-production-spotlight-viome
Independent unions found new Global Union Federation
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Jun 22 2018 05:18
In May 2018 the “International Confederation of Labour” was founded in Italy to unite independent unions and worker organisations across frontiers. We interviewed delegates at the congress to hear about their union activities at home and what they hope will come out of the new confederation.
The whole of Italy stands with Abd Elsalam
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Sep 22 2016 13:11
Video summary of the demonstrations for GLS-workers Adb Elsalam who was killed in Piacenza on September 14, 2016 during a strike. By Clash City Workers.
Hot August at H&M in Italy
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Aug 28 2016 18:39
The strike wave of migrant logistics workers in Italy has spread to the warehouses of H&M.
Revolt of the iSlaves - More labour unrest at China's Foxconn factories
Submitted by labournet.tv on Oct 17 2012 23:26
Two incidents of mass unrest at Foxconn factories made worldwide headlines in late September and early October 2012. The leading customer Apple had just released a new version of his main product, the iPhone 5, so work pressure in the factories was high – and so was worldwide attention.
