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* The French Workers’ Union CNT Joins BDS Campaign
Through the intermediary of its international Secretary, the National Work Confederation (Confédération Nationale du Travail or CNT), a French anti-capitalist internationalist union involved in social class struggles, has joined the campaign labelled “Boycott, Disinvestmant and Sanction against the State of Israel”, an international campaign launched by more than 170 grassroot Palestinian (...)
* CNT solidarity campaign with the morrocan’s miners of OCP !
850 miners working for OCP (a state-owned phosphate extraction company) have been on strike since the beginning of September in the Khouribga region. Their action comes after they were fired en masse for refusing to accept new working conditions in the company. OCP effectively intends to renege on its social benefit agreements (permanent employment contracts, wages, social security system). (...)
* CNT France : The paperlesses workers at ISS fight for their papers
More than 2000 paperlesses workers for the cleaning firm have gone on strike ; occupying 30 sites in the Ile-de-France region. they are doing so with the support of unions and other groups who have joined with them to denounce the exploitation of undocumented workers and the arbitrary way in which their cases are heard by local prefectures. After having occupied the Cité des sciences in Paris (...)
* Against military violence : CNT supports the struggle of the Guinean People.
The « Confédération nationale du travail-France » (CNT-F), stands firmly side by side with its Guinean comrades as they face yet another bloody repression. "Half a century of civil and military dictatorship is enough !” : these are the words you can hear from the Guinean workers’ mouths today. After the regimes of Sékou Touré (1958-1984) and of Lansana Conté (1984-2008), it is now the junta led for (...)
* Tough times demand a tough response
Defeats seem to govern our times : massive increases in redundancy ; the suicides of workers devastated by the management policies of France Telecom and Renault ; the expulsion of undocumented residents (sans-papiers) by the police in Calais or by the “security” group of the CGT in Paris ; crackdown on unions in Kanaky (USTKE), Nîmes (CNT), Grenoble (CNT), and elsewhere ; the firing of (...)
* CNT PTT (Post) regains its rights as a union.
The Council of State has ruled against the Post Office. This is a humiliating defeat for the Post office as well as for the ‘majority’ unions. At the end of the 90s the socialist government began the dismantling of the PTT as a public institution (creating France Telecom and the Post Office). The Post Office, using its specific legal circumstances (No longer being an organisation solely (...)
* Camp “No border” from 23th to 29th of june in Calais
From 23th to 29th of june in Calais will be held a camp for freedom of movement for all and an end to borders and to all migration controls The Calais No Border camp is a joint venture between French and Belgian activists and migrant support groups and the UK No Borders Network. It aims to highlight the realities of the situation in Calais and Northern France ; to build links with the migrant (...)
* Morocco : International Day of Solidarity with the ANDCM May 16 2009
The Euromagrhebine union coordination ( to which adheres , among others, the CNT-F, independent Algerian unions and the Spanish CGT) has proposed transforming the 16 May 2009 an international day of struggle against unemployment, precariousness and social exclusion, in support of the National Association of Unemployed Graduates in Morocco (ANDCM). On 16 May 1993, Moustafa El Hamzaoui, a (...)
* DAD Poland is firing union workers !
DAD Poland, the company in Poznan, with shares of French capital in it, dismissed four Workers Initiative Union activists, just after a document informing about section foundation had been submitted. Workers Initiative factory section was constituted 14th April, 2009. More than 30, of all the 80 company workers, have joined the Union. Every day the number of members increased. 27th April the (...)
* CNT INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR A FIRST OF MAY OF CLASS STRUGGLE
Today’s The current crisis of Capitalism is confronting placing workers in front of with two well-defined options : either keep on being subjected to an authoritarian and inegalitarianin egalitarian economic and social system, or build up resistances in order to impose a fair deal of wealth, and have our rights and freedom respected. The revolutionary syndicalism, anarcho-syndicalism and class (...)
* Hanpol’s workers deceived by Korean owner
On the beginning of January 2009 Korean owner of Hanpol deserted the plant without paying workers December salaries. Moreover there was nobody to issue necessary documents. All of them turned up in difficult formal situation. Workers Initiative and Sierpien’80 unions offered help and the crew will receive legal help. In the past Hanpol was owned by Daewoo Electronics group. In March 2008 the (...)
* ACTIVE SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS OF MARAISSA (MOROCCO)
The International Committee of the french CNT, in solidarity with workers Struggling to Maraissa calls to send protest messages to the Maraissa managers using these two addresses : secretariat@azura-group.com secretariat@azura-maroc.com Thanks for sending a copy to the UMT : hakechmo@yahoo.fr The model in french of mail can be : "Nous militants syndicaux de (name of the Union, exemple Workers (...)
* 4th April : An International Day for Education
On 4th April 2009, an International Day for another school and against union busting will be held. The need for such a day was felt by several unions in the midst of Spring 2007, at the International Meeting “I07” in Paris. It is not in the interest of capitalists, churches, armies nor despots to emancipate peoples. They try and destroy public education and apprenticeship utilities wherever (...)
* GENERAL STRIKE IN THE FRENCH ANTILLES
In the French Antilles (Guadeloupe and Martinique) a general strike has completely shut down economic activity on both islands since the 29th of January. The population of these islands are protesting against the cost of living in particular rising costs of essential foodstuffs and fuel. The following interview is aimed at explaining the current movement and the popular anger that launched (...)
* WHEN THEY MESS WITH ONE OF US THEY MESS WITH ALL OF US
Immigrant female syndicalist in the cleaning sector, had been attaced by triggermen of the bosses with vitriol !!! She lost one eye and her life is in danger. Many actions actually in Athens against her company. MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY NEEDED FROM EVERY UNION. FOR ECONOMICAL SUPPORT IBAN GR 28 0172 0120 0050 1201 9021 277 BIC PIRBGRAA (english) On the 27th of December we occupied the (...)
* THE IWW AGAINST STARBUCKS
If you drive down the highway outside of any major city in the U.S., you will pass countless glowing signs for corporate food and retail chains. From coast to coast, McDonald’s follows Starbucks, follows Burger King, follows Taco Bell, on and on, ad nauseum. Lost in a forest of fluorescent consumerism, social revolution is probably the furthest thing from your mind. Indeed, many activists are (...)
* Poland : Another dismissal of the Workers Initiative member
On 12Th December, the member of Workers’ Initiative, Piotr Krzyzaniak, was fired from just opened delicatessen Alma in Zielona Gora. This was after, the day before he had submitted a document informing that he was a representative of lubuska Union Works Committee. In this document IP applied for information board and room for workers union meetings being made available. The company management (...)
* GREECE IN FLAMES !
For days the young people of Greece have been in the streets, venting their anger. Anger against the police who murdered a 15 year-old in cold blood. Anger towards a political class (those of all parties) which is infested with corruption and nepotism. Their anger against this politcal class that privatises universities, casualises the young workforce and chips away at the gains (...)
* Do Yourself a Favour ? Put an End to Capitalism !
During the past few months the world has been rocked by a financial crisis that has attracted a lot of comment. While we get a kick out of the speculators’ and stockholders’ agony, we need to keep an eye on where the crisis is heading and on its impact in the real world. What crisis ? More importantly ; who’s crisis ? The workers at Renault Sandouville are affected, sure, the American workers (...)
* France : Pushing back the age of retirement ; just how far will they go ?
The National Assembly has adopted an amendment to the draft law on financing social security (the "PLFSS") for 2009 that will authorize workers to "voluntarily" work up to the age of 70 rather than to the current 65 years. The five extra years will count towards pensions. The UMP tells us that "it is no longer acceptable that men or women of 65 are forced into retirement against their wills, (...)
* 30th Congress of the CNT France : Consolidate International Solidarity
The 30th Confederal Congress of the CNT took place on the 19th, 20th and 21st of September in the Northern French town of Lille. This Congress was important to the CNT, as it finds itself in a situation where social movements are demoralised and incapable of responding in a co-ordinatedfashion to the arrogance of Capital. Moreover the CNT is facing the frontal attacks against Union rights, in (...)
* CNT AND THE NEW LABOUR LAW REFORM IN FRANCE
As the law of labour unions is being reformed it is worthwhile to take a closer look at the whole concept of "representativity" . What is it ? What does it mean ? Will the way we debate and live inside or workplaces change ? Presently, the government wants to redefine which unions may live inside enterprises and which may not. The CNT thinks that the workers themselves should make that (...)
* Solidarity with Serge of the CNT PTT : the Struggle Continues !
Friday 26 September 2008 the CNT together with fellow workers from SUD and CGT appeared in front post offices in many cities (Paris, Marseille, Perpignan, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyon, Aubenas, Lille, Grenoble, etc.) to express its support for Serge Reynaud, a post worker of Marseille 01 and member of our union. That was the day his job was on the line because he had to stand before the Central (...)
* French Post Office versus a CNT Member
After the strike of May 2008 a mail carrier from the Bouches du Rhône region is under attack. Serge Reynaud, who works in Marseille has been summoned to appear before the central disciplinary commission of the French Post Office in Paris on September 10. His job is on the line. May 14 through 31, 2008 CGT and SUD called a strike against the project called "Mail Carrier of the Future". This (...)
* Auchan surrenders
Piotr Krzzaniak’s case came to an end. Piotr Krzy¿aniak, who is an activist of the Workers’ Initiative from Zielona Góra, was illegally fired from Auchan. On today’s case in the court (25th June), a shopping centre in Zielona Góra put forward a proposal Auchan to reach an agreement, accepting two fundamental demands, a disciplinary dismissal was withdrawn and they withdrew claiming 4000 zlotys, (...)
* CNT activist atacked
Those last days CNT members suffered two attacks : In Lille (North of France) the CNT block was attacked by fascist (Identitaries Youth, a nazi group more radical than the National Front) last thursday 15th of may, during the strike and demonstration of the civil service. Later in the same demonstration, activists of CNT were attacked by the Police because they protected Paperleeses workers (...)
* Guatemala : solidarity the syndicate Sitrapeten
A syndicate (SITRAPETEN) from Guatemala contact us to explain us the case of syndical represion they are suffer in an entrepise called Peten Agua Pura Salvavidas. Activist of this syndicate were attacked by the Police and some of them were victims of threaten with deaths. Here is the model of mail in spanish to send to the governement of Guatemala . The mails are : (...)
* 1rst of May in Paris (video)
The CNT block was not so big as during I 07 sure but with more than 2000 persons (press declaration). In the CNT block were present comrades paperlesses of CNT in strike actually (the pub Charlie Birdy is ocupaped now since more than 2 weeks and comrades paperlesses of the union of CNT Construction sector). We had also in our block international delegations (CGT Spain, ESE Grece, activist (...)
* DIRECT ACTION AGAINST CAPITALIST EUROPE !!!
When, throughout Europe, "leftwing" Governments, as well as rightwing ones have similar policies : public services are broken up and privatised, working conditions are under attack from casualisation, subsidies to the bosses, attacks on the welfare system, and pensions, ... When, throughout Europe, "leftwing" Governments, as well as rightwing ones are criminalising both those who are fighting (...)
* Last news about the strike in France
Yesterday, Tuesday November 20, over 700 000 people took to the streets of France. There were civil servants, nurses, postal workers, teachers, students ; all came out in support of the railway workers. The transport strike continues. As well as it is going, the movement must take some external factors into account ; many more industries need to join in order to break out of the envelope of (...)
* Poland : action against Greenkett company
On 9th of november 2007 in Steszew, near Poznan, Workers’ Initiative organized a picket in front of the company’s building. The reason for the action was an illegal dismission of one of the sindicate’s members Lukasz Sybilak. Among the 30 protesters there were IW’s activists together with the workers fromH. Cegielski Poznan company. In march 2007, trying to break up the sindicate, which was (...)
* Red November in France ?
Since the national strikes on October 18th 2007 the wider situation seems to be towards radicalisation. The transport unions have realised that the Sarkozy goernment has no intention whatsoever of negotiating over the ’special regimes’ for pensions. They are now making unified calls (which was not the case for the 18th of October) for a strike to begin on November 14th with the possibility of (...)
* La Modelo, or the nightmare of detention in Colombia.
Friday August 4th, 2007, 10:30am : two members of the Political Prisoners’ Solidarity committee (CSPP) are waiting for us outside of La Modelo prison. Thanks to them the doors of this hellish prison were opened to us. LA Modelo is one of Bogota’s five prisons, slong with Picota, Buen Pastor, la Distrital and UPJ. You could almost believe that the Colombian state respects the dignity of its (...)
* Social protection, public services, salaries... The boses have enough to pay for it !
Constant attacks on the social security and pensions systems by the government are bringing into question the very principles of solidarity and universality which form the basis of the welfare state in France. Today, under the pretext of attacking unfair’privileges’, the government is attacking rail-workers pensions, tomorrow, they’ll be after the rest of us, public and private. For a start from (...)
* France : Solidarity with CNT post the 23th of october
After 20 years of existence, the Federation of the CNT PTT (postal services workers union) is now forbidden at La Poste (Postal services). This is the consequence of an agreement concluded in january 27th 2006 between La Poste management and bosses and Unions which have representativity ( CFDT, FO, CFTC, UNSA and CGT). The CGT and SUD, because they refused to vote against this agreement, are (...)
* Poland : bus strike in Kielce
After 17 days the bus drivers in the South Polish city of Kielce have surprisingly won their strike. The sale of the communal bus company MPK planned by the city’s mayor is stopped and MPK is given to the workers instead. The strike had been preceded by months of confrontation. One day before the end of the strike, one of MPK’s operation yards had been brutally evicted by private security (...)
* CNT in strike in Penauille
Since the thursday 19 of september 2007, the workers of the cleaning sector entreprise Penauille - Derichebourg at the Roissy Airport, are in strike. The strike, organised by CNT section, protest against the new foreman, very known by the workers for her autoritarism. You can send mails of protest to the director of Penauille - Derichebourg in Roissy : fatima.amedjar@derichebourg.com ( and in (...)
* International newsletter of french CNT - Number 1/June 2007
INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER OF FRENCH CNT Number 1 : June 2007 international@cnt-f.org / www.cnt-f.org International newsletter of french CNT - 1 PDF EDITO Comrades, The french CNT is glad to present its newsletter for international contacts. We will send you as often as possible this CNT-Info which will bring you informations about most of the activities of our organisation along (...)
* No God, no Caesar, no Tribune...The future is ours !
The result of the presidential election will inevitably affect our living and working conditions as well as our struggles. The canditate for the Right party finally won, including many of the Extreme Right’s nauseating ideas in his discourse and programme. The themes and the results of this election confirm that the French society and political life have drifted to the right. In this (...)
* i07 : Consolidate international solidarity
From Friday, April 27th to Tuesday, May 1st 2007, the CNT organised a series of international syndicalist meetings called I07. These meetings followed the syndicalist conferences called I 99 in 1999 in San Francisco and I 02 in 2002, in Essen, Germany. This conference aimed at sharing our experiences, debate and find ways to reinforce our links. DEBATES, CONCERTS, MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATIONS (...)