Prol-Position
Regular newsletter covering working class struggles across the world.
Wild ride - a different perspective on the Czech car industry
The following article was written by comrades from the Czech Republic. Following their analysis of the strike at Skoda they investigated the development of the car industry in the Czech Republic more thoroughly, concentrating on Škoda/Volkswagen, TPCA (Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile) and the suppliers.
Workers' struggle at Gate Gourmet is getting harder
Article from February 2006 about German workers' struggle against airport catering firm Gate Gourmet.
Zanon factory occupation - interview with workers
An excellent set of interviews conducted with workers at the worker-run Zanon ceramics factory, occupied at the time of the Argentine uprising of 2001. It includes historical and background information.
This was published by Wildcat in December 2003 but has only now been translated into English (for prol-position news #6, July 2006), and a short introduction added. Although it is a bit old, it still contains unique insights into the situation, hopes, difficulties and dynamics of the occupation process and many personal interviews.
Successful strike at Opel-GM in Antwerp
Belgian car workers won a short strike to demand less work and more workers employed at their plant in Antwerp.
Particularly against the background of the GM management's threat of global mass redundancies this victory is quite exceptional.
On 31 March the majority of the day-shift decided to lay down tools in order to protest against the work load and to demand additional workers be employed.
Netherlands: Wildcat strike at DaimlerCrysler
Workers at the Born NedCar plant walked out yesterday in a row over job cuts. The Dutch manufacturer NedCar is a joint-venture of DaimlerCrysler and Mitsubishi.
In the plant in Born near Maastricht about 3,000 workers produce the Smart-ForFour and Mitsubishi Colt.
Daimler Crysler decided to stop selling the Smart-Forfour and Mitsubishi announced cutting one of the two shifts in the factory, in order to save 4.5 Million Euros a month.
Call Centers and Militant Inquiries - a Discussion
Review of Kolinko's book, Hotlines: Call Centre - Inquiry - Communism
from Riff-Raff #6
Kolinko
Hotlines: Call Centre - Inquiry - Communism
Published in Germany, October 2002
Chat about olive harvest strike in Spain, 2005
Translated extracts from an... aggressive online discussion about a strike of olive harvest workers in Spain, 2005.
