FIOM strike and student demonstrations
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Dec 15 2012 14:57
The union FIOM (the metalworkers’ federation) held a general strike on December 5 and 6 to protest against both the agreement’s merit and the fact of having a separate agreement signed by the sector’s right-wing unions excluding FIOM, the sector’s most representative union.
Remember remember the 6th of December
Submitted by Thrasybulus on Dec 9 2012 16:22
6th of December marked four years since the murder of 15 year old Alexis and the uprising of December 2008. On the day protests against police violence took place aross Greece.
IWW lobby BMA council for a London living wage for BMA house cleaning staff
Submitted by IWW Europe on Nov 29 2012 20:36
On Wednesday 28th November members of the London General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organised a lobby of the British Medical Association (BMA) Council to demand a London Living Wage for the IWW unionised cleaning staff of BMA House, London.
Monti’s government “democratic and sober” response to the crisis and social unrest
Submitted by Italy Calling on Nov 29 2012 19:33
The demonstrations that took place all over Italy on 14th November as part of a European Day of Action against austerity are already setting the pace of the new management of public order. In Rome in particular it’s been forbidden for months to get anywhere close to the political headquarters during demonstrations, despite the revocation of the decrees introduced last year by the Mayor to turn the whole of the city centre into a red zone.
School and anti-fascist demonstrations, November 24
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 26 2012 21:49
On November 24 2012, three different demonstrations took place in Rome and in other cities.
A book bloc's genealogy
A potted history of the book bloc - often students demonstrating against cuts to education using shields decorated as giant books.
European strike: a list of (about) all demonstrations in Italy
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 16 2012 15:00
A list of (about) all the demonstrations which took place in Italy for #14N - the 14 November set of strikes and general strikes across Europe.
Minister of Labour Elsa Fornero is welcomed in Naples by 3000 protesters
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 13 2012 17:37
More than 3,000 students and unemployed workers demonstrated on November 12 in Naples as a protest against the Ministers of Labour and Education, who were in town to attend an intergovernmental summit on occupational policies.
Children's strikes in 1911 - Dave Marson
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 1 2012 23:05
Dave Marson's excellent 1973 pamphlet on the little-known mass walkouts of schoolchildren in the UK and Ireland in 1911, the same year that saw widespread industrial unrest and strikes. Their demands included shorter hours and an end to corporal punishment in the form of the cane and the strap.
The beginnings of a rank-and-file rebellion in the Civil Service?
Submitted by Phil on Oct 28 2012 18:49
A look at recent developments within the civil service. The government's latest attacks, the response from both the union and ordinary members, and the prospects of workers taking control of their own struggles.
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