IASR interviewed by Radio Libertaire
IASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania) interviewed by Radio Libertaire at the International Anarchist Gathering in St. Imier, Switzerland.
Workers clash with police outside the Italian industry ministry
Submitted by working class s... on Sep 10 2012 21:31
Several hundred aluminium workers in Rome have clashed with the police during a protest against the proposed closure of a loss making Sardinian smelting plant.
Hired goons target worker’s rights groups in China
Submitted by working class s... on Sep 1 2012 11:56
On Thursday, approximately sixty unidentified goons carrying hammers broke into the offices of a workers advocacy group in Shenzhen, China.
The tyranny of the clock - George Woodcock
Short piece on the manufacture of accurate time and how the world became a more structured place, a worser one, overnight.
Resisting plant shutdowns
A review of 3 books on factory closures in the U.S. during the 1980s.
Sacked Remploy workers occupy the company head office
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 23 2012 16:20
Earlier today a group of sacked Remploy workers occupied the companies head offices in Leicester
Class-conscious machinists: "Stormy petrels of west coast labor"
Submitted by IDP on Aug 22 2012 04:56
Sister machinist unions, San Francisco's Lodge 68 of the International Association of Machinists and Oakland's Local 1304 of the CIO's Steel Workers Organizing Committee (which left the IAM over a wildcat strike in 1936), had a national reputation for militancy; Lodge 68 had more strikes during World War II than all other Bay Area unions combined. Along with Local 1304, they accrued this strike record in open defiance of the National War Labor Board, who were backed by the FBI, the Office of Economic Stabilization in the White House, a Navy Vice-Admiral, the War Manpower Commission, the collective bosses, who in turn were supported by the CIO, ILWU, and Communist Party.
Direct action gets the goods in Brazil
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 13 2012 18:38
Faced with with over 1,000 redundancies, Brazilian GM workers walk off the job, and occupy the busiest highway route in the country. The bosses cave in, suspend their redundancy plans, and give the workers paid leave for their wildcat action.
Siemens hire an anti-trade union consultant
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 12 2012 17:44
Siemens in Pittsburgh have hired an ant-trade union consultant following workers decision to join the United Steelworkers. The bosses laughably send letters to all workers advising them that joining a trade union is not in their interests.
Turkish footwear workers sacked for joining a trade union
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 7 2012 14:25
Thirty five workers have been sacked at a Turkish footwear factory for joining a trade union. Despite police intimidation and violence, they remain on protest outside the factory gates. They are demanding full reinstatement and collective bargaining rights.
