Prol-Position
Regular newsletter covering working class struggles across the world.
Casual workers strike in the schools of Marseilles, 2003
This text is an account of one week of strikes among casual workers in schools in Marseilles, within the context of a small movement of casual workers in education.
Wildcats return with a roar - postal wildcat strike, 2003
Article about the Royal Mail wildcat strike and other wildcat actions in the UK in 2003.
We could have borrowed this headline of last weeks English Anarchist publications, but we actually nicked it from the Financial Times of the 6 November. The wildcat strikes are back, after the work stoppages at Heathrow airport, there have been wildcat actions by the postal workers and the fire fighters in the last two weeks. How can this be?
Construction: Struggle at Laing O’Rourke, Britain, 2004
The following article provides a short summary about a strike of building workers in London in Autumn 2004. Apart from the more or less self-organised character of the struggle, with workers assemblies in parks and blockage of the site entrances, we think that there were two main interesting aspects of the dispute.
1) The fact that eastern European workers got involved. So far capital has more or less managed to use the eastern European countries as a large pool of labour force which could be mobilised for short term projects like large construction projects or the seasonal work in the harvest.
Short report from DHL workers demonstration in Brussels, 2004
A short report from a DHL workers demonstration in Brussels, with information about developments and struggles at DHL and at Brussels airport.
Serviceair baggage handlers strike, Gatwick Airport, UK, 2004
A first person account of a picket line visit at a Serviceair baggage handlers strike at Gatwick Airport in 2004, with information about the strike.
Aviation: Two struggles in Britain and Belgium
Accounts and analysis of two days spent with striking aviation workers in London and Brussels, Autumn 2004.
Polish work gangs in Britain
This is the summary of a collectively revised discussion paper including fact briefing on the Crewe Polish migrant worker scandal and its possible solution, written by Martin Kraemer after helping out in translating between Crewe unionists and Polish migrant workers, June 2005
Spread Cheese against Scabs - Picket line account from German Gate Gourmet strike, 2005
First person account of a picket line in November 2005 after 43 days of strike against catering firm Gate Gourmet in Germany.
Strike at Gate Gourmet in Düsseldorf, 2005
Article from November 2005 with updates on the strike against catering firm Gate Gourmet in Germany.
Strike at Skoda auto, Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, 2005
Account of a small but significant strike at a Skoda (owned by Volkswagen) factory in the Czech Republic.
