SI Cobas

Wealth Tax: Expropriation of the Rich or Capitalist Smokescreen?

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 16 2021 15:16

As the bourgeoisie wracks its brains for solutions to this epochal crisis, the tax lever has become one of the main tools that left reformists believe will end capitalist aggression and bring substantial benefits to the depleted pockets of the proletariat.

The Virus is Capitalism, the Revolutionary Proletariat is the Cure

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 14 2020 16:40

The following leaflet was given out in various cities across Italy on 6 June on the occasion of demonstrations by the various rank and file (Cobas) unions against the imposed return to work whilst the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage.

Demonstration and Strike of Peroni Workers at Tor Sapienza (Rome)

Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 14 2020 17:27

On February 29th we (comrades from the CWO and Battaglia Comunista) were at the solidarity demonstration with the warehouse workers of the Italian-Japanese company Peroni in Tor Sapienza, Rome. The workers there are carrying on a bitter struggle for better working conditions which started with a week-long strike.

Lega calls on Emilia Romagna regional authorities to outlaw SI Cobas union

Submitted by Ed on Apr 7 2019 19:55
SI Cobas.

The far-right League (Lega) has called on the Emilia Romagna Region authorities to outlaw SI Cobas, a base union active in the country's warehouses and which often organises among immigrant workers.

Logistics is the Logic of Capital

Anna Curcio and Gigi Roggero analyse the recent wave of struggles in the Italian logistics sector. This article first appeared in Viewpoint Magazine.

Dockworkers Organizing in the Port of Naples - Interview with SI COBAS

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 7 2018 07:32

An interview from the Transnational Social Strike Platform with Giuseppe D’Alesio of SI COBAS, a delegate active in the struggles taking place in the Port of Naples against arbitrary lay-offs and lack of security in the port.

Solidarity strikers accuse bosses of blacklisting in Bologna

Submitted by Ed on Sep 27 2017 16:18
Riot police block locked out warehouse workers in Bologna last week.

After days of being locked out of their warehouse for showing solidarity with colleagues on strike in Carpiano, workers at SDA Bologna are being allowed back in based on a list, which the union says is targeting their members.

Workers stabbed and hit by car as pro-boss mob attacks picket

Submitted by Ed on Sep 26 2017 09:25
Picket outside the Carpiano SDA warehouse.

One worker was stabbed and another hit by a car as a group of striking workers outside an SDA warehouse in Carpiano, near Milan, was ambushed last night by a group of over 100 attackers armed with knives and metal bars.

Photo gallery: warehouse workers' strike spreads across Italy

Submitted by Ed on Sep 22 2017 22:38

Image gallery of the strikes in Italy's warehouses, which have spread from one warehouse in Carpiano, just outside Milan, to warehouses at several cities across the country. Images taken from the SI Cobas Facebook page.

Warehouse strikes across Italy as management tear up workers’ rights

Submitted by Ed on Sep 22 2017 10:41

Solidarity strikes have broken out at warehouses across Italy, with workers blocking entrance gates in some places, after an outsourcing company has attempted to attack the hard-won rights of workers at a warehouse on the outskirts of Milan.