“Let us rise up”: GKN, an exemplary battle

Eliana Como — 2021-11-17T09:00:13Z

“Finally, this conflict is exemplary because it has shown that a radical struggle - and even a very radical one - is not necessarily in the minority and that it can even be massive, if those who lead it have the intelligence not to stay isolated and build consensus without sectarianism.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Italy, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Clash over national labour agreements

Eliana Como — 2020-10-20T08:02:41Z

When Italy's health crisis exploded in the spring, employers lobbied drastically to keep the economy on hold. Profits had to be maintained, even if it meant killing workers, endangering the health of entire sectors. These same employers, largely those in metallurgy, who put their interests ahead of our health, now want the bill to be paid economically and in terms of wages. The bill has, however, already been paid by the majority of workers, with technical unemployment (which, in Italy, covers on average just over half of the salary) and the hundreds of thousands of precarious workers who have been laid off.

- IV549 - October 2020 / Italy, Trade unions/workplace organizing

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“Let us rise up”: GKN, an exemplary battle

Clash over national labour agreements