"This week’s announcement by Rishi Sunak’s Tory government that they intend to introduce new legislation attacking trade unions and the right to strike in Britain must be met with determined and united resistance by the labour movement.
Friday, January 6, 2023
Britain: Young Communist League (YCL) calls for action against new Tory anti-strike laws
"This week’s announcement by Rishi Sunak’s Tory government that they intend to introduce new legislation attacking trade unions and the right to strike in Britain must be met with determined and united resistance by the labour movement.
Friday, July 22, 2022
Ukraine and Russia governments unleash attack against workers' rights
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Presidents Zelensky and Putin, both enemies of the working class. |
Ukraine's Parliament Verkhovna Rada has passed two bills that obliterate workers' rights to collective bargaining and other fundamental labor protections, and allow employers to put up to 10% of their workforce on “zero hour” contracts leaving them without any control over their working lives.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
PAME denounces the attempts to criminalise trade union action in Italy
In Italy the USB and Si Cobas unions are facing a 350-page indictment by the Piagenza Public Prosecutor’s Office in which the unions and trade unionists are accused of “crimes” such as picketing strikes, protests and mobilisations in the logistics sector.
On the basis of this indictment, a police operation has been carried out since this morning with searches of trade unionists’ homes and the arrest of 4 USB trade unionists.
Friday, January 7, 2022
Spain: Communists slam government's Labor Reform
Read the statement below in both English and Spanish:
"The Reform passed by the Government, the trade unions, and the employers' unions, carries out component #23 of the so-called Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, and it is an essential part of the Government's commitments to the European Commission in return for the NextGenerationEU funds.
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Mexico's AMLO government orders brutal crackdown against striking workers
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Right: President Obrador with business magnate Carlos Slim |
It is the second mobilization of workers so far this year, who do not stop demanding compliance with their labor rights, especially the reduction of their working hours, the payment of overtime and other basic rights.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Italy in the streets: General Strike on October 11th
The statement reads:
The Draghi government has literally removed from the economic recovery plan of the country the interests of Italian workers. With the complicit support of CGIL, CISL and UIL, the layoffs have been unlocked, starting a wave of redundancies, relocations and heavy restructuring throughout the private sector.
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Italy: Solidarity with Alitalia workers!
Italian police forces responded with violence to the workers' protesting at the highway.
Unions say that only 2,800 out of a total of nearly 11,000 employees of Alitalia will be immediately re-hired by ITA and that the labour contract offered by ITA will be less generous than the one of Alitalia.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Greek Parliament approves monstrous anti-labour bill — "The people will have the last word" says KKE leader
Large strike demonstrations took place in Syntagma Square, downtown Athens, in the morning of Wednesday, as well as in the afternoon, during the voting of the omnibus bill in the Parliament.
Friday, May 28, 2021
Large KKE rallies in Greece sent militant message of struggle
A powerful and militant message against the anti-labour policies of the government was sent by thousands of people who participated in the political rallies organized by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in Athens, Thessaloniki and other major cities on Thusrday afternoon.
In Athens' Syntagma Square, thousands of workers, men and women, self-employed and unemployed people, young students and pensioners, joined their voices against the monstrous anti-labour draft law prepared by the conservative ND government. Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the CC of the KKE, delivered a speech, sending the message: “We refuse to become slaves in the 21st century! The monstrous anti-labour law must not be submitted!”.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
KKE and PAME express solidarity with the people of Colombia
In a statement issued on 12 May, the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE points out:
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Greek government escalates oppression, intimidation and prosecutions against the workers struggles
“…Because for me,the most surprising,
the most imposing, the most mysterious and grandiose
Is a man not allowed to walk;
A man who’s being shackled”
- Nazim Hikmet.
Friday, December 11, 2020
Who will pay for the crisis? Lufthansa receives $10 billion state bailout and cuts 30,000 jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic had a serious impact on the aviation industry due to travel restrictions and a significant slump in demand among travellers. No travellers means less profits for the big airliners. In order to reduce losses, the monopolies of aviation proceed to a series of anti-labor measures, including pay cuts, furloughs and, of course, layoffs.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Workers in Greece go on strike on November 26th: Statement by the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME)
On Thursday 26th of November, the country's workers respond to the anti-labor, anti-people policy of the government by organizing a nationwide strike. In statement, the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) points out:
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Solidarity with the workers and staff in U.S. airlines — No to layoffs, pay cuts and anti-labor measures!
The 90,000 job losses will bring U.S. airlines employment to its lowest level since the mid-1980s by year's end as a result of more than 30,000 furloughs at airlines such as United and American and thousands of other workers from Southwest, Delta Airlines and other carriers accepting buyouts, CNBC reported.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics data that the trade group compiled show the drop from pre-COVID peak in March of 460,000 full-time jobs to 370,000 full-time jobs by year's end.