trade unions
Factory organisations or trade unions? - Fritz Wolffheim
Speech presented on August 16, 1919 before the assembly of the Communist Party’s Hamburg local, on the nature of trade unions.
The German revolution, whose political phase ended on November 9, 1918, meant, in addition to the destruction of German imperialism by means of the war, the destruction of the entire German Empire as well. Once its military power was destroyed, and the workers and soldiers told the big landowners and princes to go to hell, the German Empire, as it had existed until that time, ceased to exist.
Interventions by the KAPD at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International (1921), parts 1-5; Part Two: Discussion of Zinoviev's Report on the Trade Union Question
Intervention by delegates of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in 1921 in response to Grigory Zinoviev's report on the trade union question.
BERGMANN (MEYER): Comrades, yesterday, in his report, comrade Zinoviev insisted on the fact that the question of attitude vis-a-vis the trade unions has a preponderant importance for the development, for the progress of the revolution.
Review of Review of Labour of Love by Buzz Hargrove - Red and Black Notes
Review of Labour of Love by Buzz Hargrove with Wayne Skene, McFarland, Walter & Ross. Buzz Hargrove is one of the best-known trade unionists in Canada, and was at the time head of the Canadian Auto Workers.
Buzz Hargrove is one of the best-known trade unionists in Canada. As the head of the 215,000- strong Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) he is often presented by the media as the unrepentant face of trade unionism today.
Linamar workers in Swansea to strike this Thursday
Workers at the Linamar plant in Swansea are set to strike this Thursday in support of sacked union convenor Rob Williams.
Following recent news that workers in Swansea's Linamar (formerly Visteon) plant had overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action in support of sacked union convenor Rob Williams, it was announced last week that the indefinite all-out strike is set to begin at 6am Thursday 11 June.
Swansea Linamar workers to strike in support of sacked convenor
Workers at the Linamar plant in Swansea have voted in favour of an all-out strike in support of sacked union convenor Rob Williams.
Following the sacking of Unite union convenor Rob Williams at the Swansea Linamar plant, other workers have voted to strike to have their colleague reinstated. It is understood that turnout for the vote was 88%, with 139 voting 'yes' in support of the strike, and 19 voting 'no' against it.
A representative from the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) said of the vote:
Anti-labour witchhunt in Iran continues
Harsh sentences have been thrown at labour activists in Iran following recent class struggle and repression.
Several labour and union militants have received punitive sentances following on a wave of repression in Iran through 2007 and 2008. In full:
Seyed Qaleb Hosseini, sentenced to 50 lashes and 6 months in prison
Abdullah Khani, sentenced to 40 lashes and 91 days in prison
Khaled Hosseini, sentenced to 30 lashes and a suspended prison sentence
Good old-fashioned trade unionism - Wildcat
Wildcat argue that unions have sabotaged working class struggle since their inception.
The year 1842 was a very significant one for the proletariat of the British Isles. On the positive side it was the occasion of a great struggle against wage cutting and on the negative side it marked the formation of the first modern national trade union.
