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Brutal Dismissal in Flightcare, Barcelona
Submitted by libcom feeds on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 10:24am. Flightcare has dismissed the delegate of the Union Section of he CNT
in a cowardly manner.
Flightcare has dismissed the delegate of the Union Section of he CNT
in a cowardly manner. We from the l'Hospitalet Local Federation of
Trade Unions declare that this is a despicable act and shows that
Flightcare, despite belonging to a multinational as powerful as
Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, deeply fears the mobilization
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Obama downshifts American imperialism in Colombia
Submitted by libcom feeds on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 8:13am.It can be argued that the U.S. owes a collective “morality debt” of diplomatic reparations for centuries of state-sponsored terrorism and deplorable interventionism in and around the Republic of Colombia. Numerous “banana republics” joined Colombia, resulting from 500 years of “gun-point capitalism” fueled by the U.S. State department at the behest of multi-national corporate interests.
Since the arrival of Christopher Columbus, after whom Colombia takes its name, an utter disregard for the democratic interests of Latin American citizens has been the only constant down through history.
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Warsaw: Huge Victory for Tenants!
Submitted by libcom feeds on Thu, 02/09/2010 - 9:09pm.Tenants in Poland are celebrating the first successful grassroots campaign to prevent the sell-off of publicly owned housing.
The grassroots fighting organization, the Tenants' Defense Committee, managed to stop the privatization of a house on Targowa St. in Warsaw. This is an historic moment: as far as we know, this is the first privatization in Poland that has been successfully stopped by protest!
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New Zealand: Mana Coach Services Strike
Submitted by libcom feeds on Thu, 02/09/2010 - 3:29am.Mana Coaches Picket Paraparaumu 31st Aug 2010 002.jpg
On August 31st drivers employed by Mana Coach Services went on strike at the depot outside Paraparaumu Station, an hour north of Wellington, New Zealand. The workers took the strike action after the company refused to budge on wage rates, despite the Tramways Union reaching a settlement of 11.5% over two years with two other companies in Wellington.
Besides wages, atrocious work conditions were a trigger for the strike. These include the expectation that drivers work 14 hour shifts for 13 days in a row and Mana boss Geoff Norman recently firing a driver who arrived 10 minutes late for work due to having spent the night at hospital attending to his sick son.
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Mankato student resistance to the downsizing of education
Submitted by libcom feeds on Wed, 01/09/2010 - 6:44pm.Last week members of the Mankato Area Activist Collective, an anti-authoritarian organization, took action against the $7 million budget cut facing Minnesota State University, Mankato over the next two years. Last spring the university cut 79 ½ positions, one out of every ten faculty members. With tuition predicted to increase as much as 15 percent students are being forced to pay more for less.
Last week members of the Mankato Area Activist Collective, an anti-authoritarian organization, took action against the $7 million budget cut facing Minnesota State University, Mankato over the next two years. Last spring the university cut 79 ½ positions, one out of every ten faculty members.
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BBC staff vote for strike action
Submitted by libcom feeds on Wed, 01/09/2010 - 4:47pm.BBC staff members have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pensions.
Bectu and the National Union of Journalists said more than 90% of members had voted for a walk out.
But the unions said the decision on whether to strike would be postponed for two weeks while it discussed alternative proposals with the BBC.
In June, the BBC announced plans to overhaul its pension scheme to try and tackle a £2bn deficit.
Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the NUJ, said: "This is an unprecedented result in favour of strike action and a clear rejection of the BBC's proposals.
"We have agreed to give the BBC two weeks to come back with an improved offer or face a concerted campaign of industrial action."
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UK workplace news roundup, August 2010
Submitted by libcom feeds on Sun, 29/08/2010 - 3:46pm.Recent industrial news from the UK, including transport strikes in Liverpool, walkouts at West Lothian Council and Southampton libraries, and strike ballots for London firefighters, ambulance drivers, and tube staff.
Bin workers strike at West Lothian council
Refuse workers at West Lothian Council have taken strike action over a pay cut being imposed as part of the downgrading of their jobs.
All refuse workers face a job downgrade which will amount to a cut of at least £2,800 a year. The first 24-hour strike took place on Friday the 27th of August, and was sanctioned by the GMB union.
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Moscow antifascist needs help for treatment
Submitted by libcom feeds on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 8:51pm.Anarchist and anti-fascist FC Arsenal Kiev supporter from Moscow, who was attacked by Nazis at 15th of August 2010 after the football match (https://antifa-action.org.ua/en/node/863), needs financial help for treatment. His life isn't menaced, the harm to the health can be assessed as moderate, treatment requires significant amounts of money.
You may read here how to donate:
http://wiki.golosa.info/en/index.php/Donate
In article in website of Ukrainian Helsinki group in Ukrainian language you
may see photos of the damages:
http://helsinki.org.ua/index.php?id=1282207351
Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow
P.O. Box 13 109028 Moscow Russia
abc-msk AA riseup DD net
http://www.avtonom.org/abc
http://www.myspace.com/abcmsc
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Miners to join South African public sector strike
Submitted by libcom feeds on Fri, 27/08/2010 - 12:07pm.Miners in South Africa plan to join the massive public sector strike that has already crippled the the government in recent weeks.
The National Union of Mineworkers said Friday it will join the public sector strike next week if the government does not meet the demands of strikers who want more money.
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Garment and construction workers strikes in Cambodia
Submitted by libcom feeds on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 1:36pm.In the past few days, a garment workers' strike has found itself in conflict with bosses, local authorities and union officials while last week, construction workers struck in solidarity with sacked workmates.
Around 160 garment workers continued to strike on Monday (22nd August) outside the gates of a factory in Meanchey district, where they have camped out day and night since Thursday to agitate for improved working conditions.
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