Granarolo workers demanding reinstatements attacked by police [video]
Around 100 workers at the Granarolo warehouse in Bologna have been protesting for eight months, demanding better working conditions, better wages, the repeal of Bossi-Fini law and the reinstatement of 51 colleagues who were fired in reprisal for their involvement in strikes and protests.
Trade unionist savagely beaten in Milan
Christmas casual work
First of a series of articles about casual work. This one is looking at a Christmas casual job in distribution. Please contact the authors if you have any experiences we can discuss at: malatesta32@gmail.com
Logistics workers' struggle described "as worrying as mafia-related events"
Giovanni Monti, president of Legacoop Emilia-Romagna, was reported by the Bologna edition of La Repubblica as saying that “these manipulative kind of events which are on the increase among political extremists, as we’ve seen in Bologna, and which target cooperatives and unions, are as worrying as mafia-related events”.
Logistics, counterlogistics and the communist prospect - Jasper Bernes
Jasper Bernes writes for Endnotes journal on capitalist logistics and supply chains, and the importance of radical theory.
A moving story: with afterword - Jocelyn Cohn and James Frey
In 2012, workers at a small moving company in New York City rose up against bad pay and dangerous work conditions. In the course of the struggle, much was revealed about how exploitation operates; how the enticements of 'self-expression' and a 'laid back' atmosphere serve to weaken consciousness and collective action. At the same time, this history reveals the opportunities and limits that workers face within self-organized struggles in a small business format. This is an updated version with a new 2013 afterward by the original author.