Prol-Position
Regular newsletter covering working class struggles across the world.
Migration, industry and struggles in Poland, 1956-2005
An analysis of Poland, its economy, its social and political history and how it has been shaped by workers' struggles past and present.
Behind the Border
It is only a one hour journey from Berlin to the German-Polish border, the supermarkets in Berlin offer Polish food, immigrants from Poland are part of daily life in the German capital - nevertheless there are not many direct contacts (apart from perhaps the punk scene). The ‘iron curtain’ is slow to dissolve, due to languages and the geographical location.
Strikes in Poland, early 2005
Information about various workers' struggles in and around Poland, including strikes by seamen, railworkers, car and telecoms workers in 2005.
Here is an update on recent struggles in and around Poland. More information in English can be found on a website run by the base-unionist ‘workers’ initiative’ from Poland: http://paspartoo.w.interia.pl/index.htm
Polish seamen on strike for eleven days in the docklands of Travemünde/Germany
Romania after the transition - restructuring and struggle, 2004
Article looking at capitalist restructuring and economic changes in Romania, and the growing militancy of the working class.
Romania after the Transition
Promised Land and Class Struggle
Strike at Michelin in Zalau, Romania, 2005
Summary of an article about a strike for a 30% wage hike at Michelin in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul Zilei, February 2005. The English is a little ropey but it is interesting nonetheless.
Thirty per cent more wage! Michelin Workers in Romania on Strike
Interview with an electronics worker in Romania, 2005
Summary of a chat with a young guy who works for Solectron electronics in Timisoara, Romania, Summer 2004
About the international free trade zones in Romania
There used to be six free trade zones in Romania, where foreign investors were supposed to invest in low tax paradises. Today only one zone remains
http://freezone.arad.ro.
About Solectron
Wildcat Preface: Beverly Silver, ‘Forces of Labor’
Wildcat Germany explain why they translated Beverly Silver’s book ‘Forces of Labor’, which traces workers struggles since the 1860s.
[i]Comrades from Wildcat have just published the German translation of Beverly Silver’s book ‘Forces of Labor’.
Strike at ThyssenKrupp in Terni, Italy, 2004-5
Detailed article about a strike in Italy from 2004 to 2005 against closure of a steel plant.
Striking olive harvest workers in Spain, 2005
Article about the agricultural industry in Spain, and the strike of mostly immigrant olive harvest workers in 2005.
A new kind of strike in France (Citroën etc.), 2005
Article about the 2005 strike at Citroen and other struggles and issues in the European car industry, and the political situation in France, including the left, the EU constitution, and a wildcat strike of rail workers.
Strike at Citroën Aulnay, 2005
A short article about a strike against pay and break-time cuts at a Citroen factory in France, 2005.
