organization:international workers association

IWA External Bulletin 5 | International Workers Association
▻http://www.iwa-ait.org/content/iwa-external-bulletin-5-0

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Here is the new issue of the IWA External Bulletin. The IWA Sections and Friends are active in the IWA’s 90 Anniversary and you will find articles in this bulletin about the IWA’s Days of Action against Job Cuts, Dismissals, and in Supportt of the Struggle of the Unemployed People. Also in this bulletin:

– No Dismissals at San Raffaele Hospital
– Actions against Dismissals at Alstom
– May Day and Days of Actions
– First Balkan Anarchosyndicalist Conference
– KRAS n Defense of Public Health Care
– One More Year for FORA
– and more

Download: ▻http://www.iwa-ait.org/content/iwa-external-bulletin-5

Documents d’aide pour répondre à l’appel à solidarité internationale de l’#AIT concernant la grève des travailleurs d’#Iberia.
▻http://sia32.lautre.net/BlackFaxIberia.pdf

#IWA-AIT 90th anniversary conference - January 2013 | Solidarity Federation
►http://www.solfed.org.uk/?q=international/iwa-ait-90th-anniversary-conference-january-2013

5-6 January 2013, London

Revolutionary workers from across the world will gather in #London for two days at the start of January 2013 to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the International Workers Association - based on the principles of revolutionary unionism, which signified the emergence of anarcho-syndicalism into the global labour movement.

Revolutionary unions in the IWA act as organisational forces in the daily lives of the working class, organising workplace and community resistance, and constantly linking this to the need to overthrow the double yoke of capital and the state. We aim not to reform the state: instead we are seeking the overthrow of capitalism and for it to be replaced by a self-managed libertarian communist society.

The first of the two days will look at the beginnings of the IWA at the start of the 20th century and focus on the history of sections from across the world, closing with a discussion on the re-emergence of the international following the wave of repression and war in the middle of the century. Members of various sections will give presentations and hold panels on the final day before an open discussion on anarcho-syndicalism today and perspectives and challenge from everyday practice.

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): #Solidarity with the Workers of #Nataïs!
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/12/solidarity-with-workers-of-natais.html

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No Repression for Speaking Out!
español : ►http://zsp.net.pl/natais-es
pусский : ►http://www.aitrus.info/node/2582
français : ►http://www.zsp.net.pl/natais-fr

On Thursday, December 13, 2012, former workers from the Natais #popcorn factory in Bézéril, France will go to trial for supposed „defamation” of their ex-employer, for talking about their working conditions on a blog.

Among the problems the workers faced was exposure to #Diacetyl. This chemical can cause bronchitis obliterans, also known as „popcorn workers’ lung”, or other serious respiratory illnesses. Diacetyl is a component of the artificial butter flavor used in microwave popcorn. Bronchitis obliterans is irreversible and can lead to death.

The workers at Natais popcorn factory are not even given masks to protect themselves from the vapors. They also must work in extreme heat. Around 80% of the people at the factory are temporary workers. The work is hard, people are sometimes forced to work on Sundays, the pay is bad.

There was even a strike at the factory. A year-end bonus was won, but then the union called off the strike. Some workers however tried to keep fighting. For trying to speak out against these conditions, a case was brought against 2 of the strikers, now former workers of the company.

The #ZSP-IWA has sent the following protest to the company:

The ZSP, Union of Syndicalists, Poland, is writing concering the situation of the workers being sued for supposed defamation of your company.

We are outraged by the fact that workers who are exposed to extremely dangerous substances such as Diacetyl, without any special protection, and who have no employment stability are also being subjected to this legal repression by your company.

We demand that instead of repressing those who are trying to fight for their rights, health and decent working conditions, that you ensure their safety, provide better working conditions and apply the correct collective agreement for them.

We will follow this case and inform the public of your actions. We also will warn workers against seeking employment with your firm, and consumers against purchasing your products.

The ZSP sends its solidarity to the workers and all its moral support. We all need to fight to defend the rights of workers, especially to speak openly against their conditions, a right which is coming increasingly under attack by the bosses and their servants who administer law and injustice.
We call on comrades around the world to support this case by sending an email to the company. info@popcorn.fr

Sample text: We demand an end to the repression of Natais workers and support their struggle for safer working conditions and job security. (Add whatever you like to text.)

►http://www.zsp.net.pl/natais

Below find some leaflets and material about this case! You can also support by printing these out for distribution and hanging in places where people might be interested.

►http://www.zsp.net.pl/files/Natais.pdf
►http://www.zsp.net.pl/files/Embauche_Natads_Peaufinee.pdf
►http://www.zsp.net.pl/files/natais-en.pdf

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (#IWA-AIT): Report from the IWA-Plenary in Modena November 23-25 and the Centenary of the USI-AIT
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/12/report-from-iwa-plenary-in-modena.html

Comrades attended Modena from Brazil, France, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, and Spain and the Plenary was excellently organized by the USI-AIT. On Saturday evening the Centenary of the USI-AIT was celebrated by a demonstration, speeches and with events in the evening as Modena is the place in which the USI was founded hundred years ago. Both the Plenary and the Centenary was held in a very comradely spirit!

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Against Fictitious Self-Employment: #Roche Case comes to Court
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/10/against-fictitious-self-employment.html

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On Oct. 10, a case against the corporate giant Roche comes to court. If won, it would be a precedent for a large category of discrimated workers who are denied social benefits.
The case relates to IT workers at Roche Polska who were not given regular employment contracts. Instead, they were falsely hired as “independent contractors” or through businesses not licensed to operate as work agencies. However, they had to work as regular employees, therefore, we are claiming that a work relation actually existed with Roche, even though they deny this. By denying this working relationship, the workers were also denied benefits such as paid vacation, sick leave, maternity or paternity and social security benefits.

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): International Day of Solidarity with the Drivers of #Domino's_Pizza
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/09/international-day-of-solidarity-with.html

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Récapitulatif des actions de solidarité menées le 15 septembre

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Domino drivers solidarity in Brighton
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/09/domino-drivers-solidarity-in-brighton.html

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Domino’s delivery drivers in Australia have had their pay cut 19% overnight. As their trade union was complicit in the cut, the drivers have formed a new union, the General Transport Workers Association (GTWA), to fight the pay cut. The GTWA called for a global day of action to support their struggle, and SF members in Brighton were happy to respond to the call. We spoke to staff about why we were there, giving them information on workplace rights, and leafletted the general public with information on Domino’s attack on workers’ conditions.
Solidarity actions also happened across the UK and around the world, and are continuing this weekend. The GTWA is affiliated with the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF), an Australian ’friend’ of the Solidarity Federation’s international, the International Workers’ Association (IWA).

#domino's_pizza

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Australian Dominos Drivers: Bristol Solidarity Federation Action
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/09/australian-dominos-drivers-bristol.html

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Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation’s (Australia), call for action, saw Bristol SF picket the Dominos store on Whiteladies Road, Bristol. This solidarity action was in support of the campaign for wage justice for delivery drivers who have had their wages cut 19% arbitrarily by #Domino's_Pizza Enterprises management.

The Bristol Local members held the red and Black banner across the store’s door and handed out leaflets to passers-by. We had taken time to explain to the workers inside the store the reasons for our solidarity action and gave them a copy of our leaflet. Our anger is against profiteers who steal from workers not other workers.

Our actions soon attracted the attention of Dominos management. Sent out to investigate was the companies regional manager. He accussed us of not understanding that his company is a francise and not being directly related to the Australian company had no control over their pay policy. We insisted that any attacks on a member of the IWA would not be tolerated. His company trades under the same logo as the Australian company and therefore had to share some corporate responsiblity. How Dominos organises the structure of their stores is of no interest to us. We were later informed that news of our protest had been passed on to the UK master francise holder.

Two other interesting conversation happened outside of the store. Firstly, an Australian women came and thanked us for showing soldarity with Australian workers. She told us that on returning home, she would share news of our action on the Melbourne community radio station she works at, so we know the message of our support will get back to Australia.

The next offer of support came from the Bristol West Labour Party’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. We explained to her how we wouldn’t be voting labour! She was last seen cycling away indignantly shouting “I don’t have blood on my hands” and “I wasn’t even in the Labour Party in 2003” Clearly rattled when it was mentioned how Blair had bombed the hell out of Iraq. Shame we won’t get that promised link from her website now.

Across the world other actions have taken place. Currently we have news of protests held by FAU in front of Domino’s Pizza in #Langenfeld and #Bonn. While the #CNT-AIT (France) took the message to stores in #Caen, #Clermont, the #Paris region and #Toulouse.

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Solidarity with the #Domino's_Pizza Drivers (GTWA, ASF-IWA)
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/09/solidarity-with-dominos-pizza-drivers.html

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Although all the reports are not in, we know that various types of actions occurred in about 35 cities across the globe. The actions ranged from informational pickets to stickers, posters and banners being put on the restaurants.

The #ZSP participated with an informational picket in #Warsaw and distributing leaflets about the situation. (See text below) We chose the most centrally located Dominos, on al. Jerozolimskie, hanging banners over the restaurant. The owner showed up and took photos to send in to Dominos; we suppose that people were asked to report on the actions. He then invited the protesters and police in to have #pizza. We know that at another picket (in Berkeley, California), the owner went so far to offer free pizza to the customers.

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): #Domino's_Pizza
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.fr/2012/09/dominos-pizza.html

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Des militants de la #CNT-AIT #Caen se sont rassemblés ce samedi 15/09 devant le seul Domino’s #pizza de la ville, en solidarité aux livreurs australiens en lutte. Le tract ci-dessous a été distribué dans le voisinage, aux clients et salariés. Le gérant est venu réclamer des explications sur notre présence, malgré sa lecture préalable de notre tract, déclarant ne pas être concerné par l’Australie et qu’il en référerait dès aujourd’hui à la représentante de domino’s pizza en France - nous lui avons conseillé d’adresser la même information à la direction internationale de domino’s. Par delà les différentes législations et intérêts nationaux, la réalité mondiale de l’exploitation capitaliste nécessite l’action et la solidarité internationales des travailleurs...

►http://seenthis.net/messages/86441

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Belgrade Six case (BG6): Appeal of ASI-IWA for International Solidarity Actions – February 6th, 2012
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.com/2012/01/belgrade-six-case-bg6-appeal-of-asi-iwa.html

We would like to inform you that on the 8th February 2012, there will be a renewed trial against four members of the Serbian Anarcho-syndicalist Initiative (ASI) as well as two unaffiliated Belgrade anarchists, as part of the fabricated legal case of the Belgrade Six (BG6).

Rappel des faits ici:
►http://anarsonore.free.fr/spip.php?mot288

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Roche Pologne a licencié un activiste syndical. La pratique d’embauche d’auto-entrepreneurs factices au viseur de la ZSP
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.com/2012/01/roche-pologne-licencie-un-activiste.html

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La Pologne est un leader parmi les pays de l’Union Européenne en ce qui concerne le nombre de personnes employées sur contrats dits « de poubelle ». Un gain de 40% a été constaté en 2011 dans le nombre d’embauchés par les agences de travail temporaire. Le pourcentage des employés à moins de 30 ans qui sont employés sur des contrats fixes atteint à peine 20%. Et les statistiques ci-dessus ne comprennent même pas les auto-entrepreneurs factices, qui comptent en tant que « entreprises » . Il est estimé, que le nombre « d’entrepreneurs » en Pologne est le plus élevé en Europe.

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): CNT-AIT 63 : Victoire par l’action directe !
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.com/2011/10/cnt-ait-63-victoire-par-laction-directe.html

Vendredi soir, l’Union Locale de la CNT-AIT a obtenu l’embauche de T. par l’action directe. Contre une patronne de gôche.

International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT): Statement of the IWA- Secretariat concerning the mobilizations against the present capitalist offensive in Spain
►http://internationalworkersassociation.blogspot.com/2011/09/statement-of-iwa-secretariat-concerning.html

For the International Workers Association (IWA) class struggle is not a theoretical abstraction but a fact in the daily lives of workers. Our way of organizing is expressed through democratic federalist structures based on recallable delegates.
The IWA rejects class collaboration in all its forms. Works councils and other corporatist bodies based on social partnership are means of undermining class struggle. State funding is designed to undermine independent working class action and organization.

For us the only relationship between worker and boss can be class struggle. And class struggle must grow until capitalism and the state is swept away by the solidarity of the international working class - to be replaced by the free federation of workers associations based on libertarian communism!
In recent years the IWA has organized countless international campaigns in support of workers worldwide. The attacks come in many fields and in Spain by the various labour reforms, cuts in the pension system, reform of collective bargaining and social cuts. On September 29 , the CNT-AIT with other unions and social organizations will take to the street, in the process of building towards a general strike!

It is in this anarchosyndicalist spirit that the IWA-Secretariat sends its greetings and support to the Spanish CNT-AIT and all workers who by self- activity, protests, direct actions and solidarity are engaged in the fight against the capitalist offensive!

Oslo, September 27th 2011
IWA-Secretariat