Granarolo workers demanding reinstatements attacked by police [video]
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 27 2014 16:57
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
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 20 2014 20:59
On Tuesday 14th January, in northern Milan, trade unionist Fabio Zerbini was brutally beaten by two men suspected to be connected with Italian organised crime.
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"
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Dec 12 2013 10:40
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.
Mail order millions - Paul Bolton
'Mail Order Millions' was written by Paul Bolton and published by Solidarity (North West) - the first pamphlet they issued, analysing the mail order retail business in the region. It's undated but came out before the first issue of the Solidarity (North West) magazine in the latter part of 1969.
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.
March of discontent: lessons in work struggles (Italy)
Submitted by Italy Calling on Mar 30 2013 20:25
Reflections on the escalation of workers' struggles in Italy in the wake of the large logistics workers' strike of March 22.
Logistics workers national strike
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Mar 23 2013 17:08
Many of the most important warehouses in northern Italy blockaded and the logistics sector of three of the most industrialized regions paralysed: that’s the result of the 24-hour strike called by the SI COBAS union and the ADL COBAS union to demand a new national contract.
Piacenza: Logistics Workers 9 – IKEA 0
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 11 2013 10:44
IKEA and CGS have finally surrendered. CGS is the contracting consortium for the Swedish giant warehouse in Piacenza which serves all of Southern Europe. After months of struggle, clashes and charges, the consortium has had to reinstate all the workers it suspended because of the protests.
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