Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Car Industry on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How workers of Ford in Europe are fighting back
1 July: Luton
2 July: Birmingham
3 July: Oxford
4 July: London
The crisis in the car industry is hitting hard.
Union leaders have been responsible for negotiating shorter weeks and pay cuts.
But where workers have taken decisive action important victories have been
won. By striking and occupying plants, and the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged No Borders on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A farcical curtain of steel descended on Calais, and the massive campaign of demonisation of the camp by the local authorities continued in the press. The camp gradually grew to around 1000 people from all over Europe. Many local people visited the site, a group of around 100 mostly Kurdish and Afghani migrants participated at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged International on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The mass unrest in the garment industry continued on Monday (29 June) for a third day…
On the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital city, in the industrial zone; workers’ rioting and demonstrations yesterday escalated to new heights. As thousands of workers gathered in the morning, at 10am a group set off towards the nearby Dhaka Export [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Greece on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The entire press and media world goes on 24h strike across Greece in response to the closing down of a major daily and radio station, in a context of rising repression and urban guerrilla warfare.
On the 24th of June 2009, the entire press and media apparatus of Greece came to a standstill due to a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Credit Crunch on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
