Prol-Position
Regular newsletter covering working class struggles across the world.
France: Leaflet on 35 hour week, 2005 - Mouvement Communiste
Leaflet from Mouvement Communiste in which they argue that the new "Aubry" 35 hour working week law was not in fact a victory for workers but served above all to submit the work force even more to the imperatives of capital, and at lower costs.
Student protests in Italy and Slovakia, 2005
Two short articles about school and university student demonstrations, March 2005.
Slovakia: Fourth student protest this year
Canada: Students blockade the Port of Montréal, 2005
Article about blockade by students in Canada striking against cuts in education.
School occupations and strikes, Germany, 2005
Two short articles on school strikes and occupations in Germany in 2005.
School occupations and attacks on student demonstration in Paris, 2005
Article on the nationwide movement of school students and teachers against education reform, and on the attacks on student demomstrations which occured by youth from the banlieus.
First strike for thirteen years at Skoda, Czech Republic, 2005
30 March: Some 12,000 of the 21,000 employees at Skoda walked off the job for an hour on the 30th of March, putting the company 240 cars under its daily quota of about 2,000.
Strike at car supplier stops production at DaimlerChrysler, 2005
Germany: production halted in DaimlerChrysler plant when about 50 to 60 of the 336 workers at Dräxlmaier (Bremen) blocked the factory gates on Monday, 4 of April.
Spontaneous strikes at Fiat Mirafiori, Italy, 2005
Short article about a brief wildcat strike at Fiat on 21 April 2005.
Strike and occupation of IT workers at Schneider Electrics, France, 2004
Article about the strike and occupation of offices by IT workers in France, which was co-ordinated by directly democratic methods.
Action against Nestle factory closure, Marseille, 2004
Information about an action and assembly taken against closure of a Nestle factory in France, October 2004.
