Prol-Position

Content by or about radical German workers' group, Prol-Position.

Some points on the general labour situation in France, 2005

Short article on changes to the 35 hour law, production relocation, minimum service in the transport sector...

Update: European car-industry, 2005

Update on Hartz IV/welfare reform, 2005

Article by prol-position on the reforms of German unemployment benefit after their introduction, and the effects it has had on the working class.

Protests against welfare-reform in Germany, 2004

Account an analysis of struggles against the abolition of unemployment benefits in Germany, which would immediately affect 600,000 people.

VW cut wages and lengthen hours in Germany, 2005

Analysis of wage policies at VW in Germany.

New wage-model at VW, Germany, 2004

Article analysing new wage structures for 5,000 new manufacturing jobs at Volkswagen in Germany.

GM/Saab policies in Sweden, 2004

Article from the Swedish "workplace paper" Motarbetaren #5, September 2004 about General Motors/Saab policy and potential struggle in Sweden.

One week wildcat strike at General Motors/Opel in Bochum, 2004

Extensive background information and analysis, and an account of a wildcat strike of Opel/GM car workers in Germany.

Study on temp-work in German car industry, 2006

A recent study on temp work in the German automobile industry reveals that the companies in this sector try to hide the fact that they employ temp-workers.

(Another) Paradise Lost - Strikes and riots in the Export Zones in Vietnam and Bangladesh, 2006

Information and analysis on the workers' movements and strike waves which have swept factories in Asia.

Reports on struggle railway cleaners in Italy, 2002

Irish stew: Experiences of a waitress in Germany, 2002