Amazon loses three lawsuits in a row

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niedziela, 24 luty 2019

IP Amazon delegation on the way to a protest in Warsaw, 2016 - banner: "No to dismissals at Amazon" and "You will not fire us all"

Three members of Worker’s Initiative (Incjatywa Pracownicza), a Polish trade union organization at Amazon have won their lawsuits since the beginning of 2019. The court ordered compensation and revoking the disciplinary penalties. The members of the union dismissed for not meeting the productivity targets and for absence due to health…

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Local governments still fail to make women’s lives better

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wtorek, 06 listopad 2018

Since the first free elections in 1989, no political force that came to power in Poland has represented the interests of working people, not to mention the interests of working women. Political parties in the national and the local governments serve business. As such, a significant portion of society has…

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Amazon Poland suspends the controversial performance evaluation and pays a Christmas bonus

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sobota, 06 październik 2018

After negotiations between both trade unions [Inicjatywa Pracownicza and Solidarność] and management representatives from Amazon Poland, the controversial system of employee evaluation [“feedback”] was suspended for a period of four months. The system has been criticized by Inicjatywa Pracownicza base union for many months.

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Frauenbewegung und Selbstorganisation - ein Interview

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piątek, 08 czerwiec 2018

Die Basisgewerkschaft IP kämpft in Polen für höhere Löhne und niedrige Mieten. Ein Interview mit Agnieszka Mróz (Teil 1) Die Basisgewerkschaft "Arbeiter-Initative" aus Polen ("Inicjatywa Pracownicza", IP) ist eine Schwesterorganisation der anarchosyndikalistischen Freien Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union (FAU). Agnieszka Mróz ist Mitglied der IP. Mit der Gewerkschaftsaktivistin sprach für die Graswurzelrevolution…

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Women’s Social Congress – Demands

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czwartek, 17 maj 2018

“For higher wages and lower rents” The Women's Social Congress took place on March 3rd in Poznań. It was initiated by women employed in Poznań's nursery schools and cultural institutions, as well as by women tenants from Warsaw and Poznań. The Congress was organized in response to the need to…

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Solidarity letter from Poland to the workers on strike at the Amazon warehouse in Spain

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poniedziałek, 19 marzec 2018

Dear friends from MAD4! We are impressed by your mobilization and your determination in the fight to maintain and improve your working conditions and wages. We want to express our solidarity and wish you good luck and stamina for the struggle against Amazon!

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Amazon lost in court

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piątek, 01 grudzień 2017

A former Amazon worker from Poland who had been dismissed due to a sick leave won her case on November 22, 2017. Another official reason for her dismissal was unjustified absence that had happened months before. The court found the dismissal unfounded. The verdict is not binding yet.

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Volkswagen Poznań through the eyes of a worker

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wtorek, 28 listopad 2017

I’ve been working at VW Poznań for over 10 years already. I write “already” because time flies by real fast in that factory. In order to get hired by VW, I had to first work for a temporary work agency called Work Service for three years. I don’t know a…

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Entrevista: En Volkswagen hay muchos problemas de los que no se habla

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poniedziałek, 06 listopad 2017

Conversación con Andrzej y Sebastian, unos de los organizadores de Seccion Sindical de Iniciativa de Trabajador@s (OZZ IP) en en Volkswagen en Poznan. ¿De dónde viene el descontento en Volkswagen y la idea de establecer unión de trabajadores diferente de “Solidaridad”? Andrzej: En el transcurso de muchos años hubo más…

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„Organisiert Euch selbst!“ Ein Interview mit Vertreter*innen der polnischen Basisgewerkschaft Inicjatywa Pracownicza

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piątek, 03 listopad 2017

„Organisiert Euch selbst!“ Ein Interview mit Vertreter*innen der polnischen Basisgewerkschaft Inicjatywa PracowniczaDas folgende Interview führte das Streiksolibündnis Leipzig Ende August mit Vertreter*innen der polnischen Basisgewerkschaft IP (Inicjatywa Pracownicza), in der sich Arbeiter*innen am Amazon-Standort Poznan gegen die alltäglichen Zumu- tungen im Fulfillment-Center (Warenlager) organisieren. Wir sprachen über die lokale Gewerkschaftsarbeit…

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Rozhovor: Nové odbory v poľskom VW

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czwartek, 12 październik 2017

Júnový štrajk v bratislavskom Volkswagene mal medzinárodný ohlas. A to nielen v médiách, ale aj medzi zamestnancami koncernu. Poľských kolegov v Poľsku inšpiroval k tomu, aby založili nové odbory. Akým problémom čelia a ako sa k vzniku nových odborov postavila firma, sa dozviete v preklade rozhovoru s Andrzejom a Sebastianom,…

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Bei VW gibt es viele Probleme, über die nicht geredet wird

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wtorek, 26 wrzesień 2017

Interview mit Andrzej und Sebastian, zwei der Initiatoren der betriebsübergreifenden Kommission der Inicjatywa Pracownicza bei VW in Poznań

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There are many problems at Volkswagen, but no one talks about them

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wtorek, 26 wrzesień 2017

A conversation with Andrzej and Sebastian, who are among the organizers of the Inter-Factory Committee with the Workers’ Initiative (Inicjatywa Pracownicza) at the Volkswagen plant in Poznań, Poland

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Amazon: without a fight, don't count on anything more from us

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poniedziałek, 28 sierpień 2017

July is a very intensive month for hundreds of thousands of Amazon workers. During this period, the company celebrates its anniversary by organizing massive sales. Their peak moment falls halfway through the month and is known as Prime Day.The corporation starts preparing for this event at the very beginning of…

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Conference "PrivARTised - outsorcing and workers' resistance in culture sector”

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środa, 23 sierpień 2017

On 7-8 October 2017 on the premises of the Theatre Institute in Warsaw (Jazdów Street 1) an international trade union conference of the cultural sector will take place. The event is organised by the Red and Black Coordination (an international network of unions to which the Workers’ Initiative belongs). Facebook…

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