Workers' Initiative in a Polish factory of the Chinese Chung Hong

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sobota, 07 styczeń 2012

On December 6, 2011, workers of the Chung Hong Electronics factory held a meeting and decided to join the Workers' Initiative. The factory is located in near Wroclaw (Poland) in the Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone. There has never been any trade union in the factory before, although workers think that…

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Dismissals of worker activists in Baltic Spinning continues

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poniedziałek, 14 luty 2011

Until the 7th of February 2011 three members of the Workers' Initiative were fired from Baltic Spinning factory. All of them are going to the labor court and demand the withdrawal of the dismissals and re-employment. For the Workers' Initiative the behavior of the Baltic Spinning management is an outrageous…

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Goleniów, SEZ: Attempt to fire an WI activist

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niedziela, 06 luty 2011

During the night shift on Februar 5, 2011, the management of Baltic Spinning factory in Goleniów Industrial Park (part of the Kostrzyn-Słubice SEZ) attempted to fire Adam Z., a member of the founding committee of the Workers' Initiative in the plant. Adam did not accept the notice. He informed the…

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The anatomy of the Polish workers' protests

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piątek, 19 listopad 2010

This article strives to reinterpret the history of the Polish workers' movement of the last few decades. This attempt comes with a conviction about the sociological significance of historical and historiosophic analysis, especially in view of the presently fashionable thesis of the "end of history": a thesis, formulated in 1989…

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28.07.2010. Call for support of persecuted activistsof Workers' Initiative in Poland

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środa, 28 lipiec 2010

For more than two years the management of the Statistical Office in Opole, Poland, has violated a number of workers' rights and harassed their employees because of their affiliation with Workers' Initiative.

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Rafał Górski passed away

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poniedziałek, 05 lipiec 2010

4 July, after a long-term disease Rafał Górski died. He was an anarchist and an activist of the Worker's Initiative Trade Union and the anarchist movement, a researcher of history of syndicalism and anarchism, an author of numerous articles and books. The Worker's Initiative Trade Union is in mourning after…

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Marcel Szary passed away

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wtorek, 30 marzec 2010

Marcel Szary, an activist of Workers' Initiative Trade Union in Cegielski factory, died today morning. He was one of the founders of the union. It is a huge loss for the syndicalist and workers' movement in Poland.

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Collar Textil: The next one worker's success

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niedziela, 10 styczeń 2010

On 05. January 10 Workers' Initiative activists and Collar Textill shop committee representatives visited city office in Opatów. Workers were cheated by employer. They expect support form local government. They fight for they remunerations and other perks which are still not payed. There are also actions to save even some…

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December 2009: Workers from Collar Textil started the occupation of the plant in Opatów

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piątek, 01 styczeń 2010

On 10 December 2009 workers from Collar Textil started the occupation of the plant in Opatów. It began when the workers had decided to prevent the disposal of tools, engines and textile stuff. WI directly supports this action. Former manager tried to steal the property of the company. The policemen…

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25.11.2009: Cegielski - end of the collective dispute. Workers' activists could return to work

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piątek, 27 listopad 2009

After an agreement was signed on November 25, 2009, by the Workers' Initiative (IP) and HCP SA (the owner of the Cegielski factory) the collective dispute ended, and the five IP-activists, who had been illegally fired earlier, could return to work. HCP SA also recognized the union protection for the…

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16.11.2009: Wildcat strikes in Poznan and Ostrów.

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wtorek, 17 listopad 2009

Two wildcat strikes took place today, first in the Fabryka Pojazdow Szynowych in Poznan, a plant owned by HCP (Cegielski) company, and the second one in the Wagon factory in Ostrow, a railway rolling-stock producer and repairer factory. In both cases, the workers demanded payment of wage arrears. They also…

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16.11.2009: First meeting of unemployed. Committee founded.

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wtorek, 17 listopad 2009

First meeting of released workers from Cegielski factory organized by Workers' Initiative took place. The meeting gathered 40 of 500 released workers. The Committee of Unemployed Workers of HCP was formed. The first action of the Committee is going to be a rally in front of the seat of HCP…

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Cegielski Factory in crisis

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czwartek, 12 listopad 2009

This text is going to describe the historical and present meaning of the Cegielski factory in Poznan for the workers' movement in Poland, and the history of activity of Workers' Initiative in the factory since 2002. We are also going to show the development of the strategy of wildcat strikes…

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Demonstration in defence of Cegielski's fired workers

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sobota, 24 październik 2009

On 23rd October almost 4,000 workers from different trade unions took part in a demonstration in defence of their workplaces. About 500 people are going to be fired from the Cegielski factory due to the so-called economic crisis. Anarchists and members of anarcho-syndicalist trade union Wokers' Initiative also took part…

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DAD Poland is firing union workers (2)

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wtorek, 05 maj 2009

At noon on 4th May more than a dozen of activists of Workers' Initiative, dismissed DAD workers supported by members of Anarchist Federation organized a protest rally at DAD Polska premises. Last week, the management of the company illegally fired four activists of the WI trade union shortly after they…

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