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Behind the Amazon Curtain

Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

An inside look at exploitation within Bezos’ fulfilment centres · Like many employers out there, Amazon does not appreciate outside investigators or any other curious observers having a peek inside its fulfilment centres (FCs). Of course, it propagates images and videos of efficiency, happy employees, and high quality products to the outside world — sometimes it even gives us a look inside, but...

Turkey: The Trade Unions Are An Obstacle To All Workers' Struggles

Politics: 
Unionism
Regions: 
Caucasus and Anatolia
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

In our last article we mentioned the strikes that sprang up in many sectors.(1) Workers in the Alpin Socks factory, BBC Turkey and Trendyol have already gained from their strikes; other strikes are still ongoing. We also hear interesting examples of solidarity in the written and audiovisual interviews of workers.

Italy: The Lions of Piacenza Have Been Caged

Politics: 
Base Unionism
Regions: 
Italy
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

The FedEx workers’ struggle in Piacenza ended on 10 January. The "lions” – as the warehouse workers of Piacenza have been appropriately dubbed by SI Cobas(1) – have suffered yet another blow from the bosses thanks to the union rabbits (to stick to zoological metaphors) of SI Cobas, who might claim to be running a rank and file union but look damn like their big brothers in the traditional union...

"Year of the Squeeze": The Working Class Pays for the Crisis

Regions: 
British Isles
History: 
2020: COVID-19 Pandemic
Facts: 
Pensions and benefits
Unemployment and precarity
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Aurora (en)

While the Tory government gets embroiled in another political crisis of its own making, life gets harder for the rest of us. The picture was already bleak in 2021, when in November inflation rose to 5.1%, its highest rate in a decade. The price of certain goods was already skyrocketing, most notably fuel. The average price of petrol soared by 29.5%, while the average gas bill rose by 12%.

Turkey: Workers are Trying to Find Their Own Voice All Over the World

Regions: 
Caucasus and Anatolia
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

As in the rest of the world, the deepening crisis of capitalism plus the pandemic continue to affect the working class in Turkey. In recent months out-of-control inflation has brought endless exorbitant price rises which have deepened the financial difficulties of the working class. With the pandemic came extremely high rent rises.

USA: Two Years of Strikes

Regions: 
United States of America
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

The past two years in the US have seen an increase in the numbers of strikes. Like a drowned man bobbing on the bottom of a lake, the increase in strikes comes at a time of historically low strike numbers. Years of suppressed wages, combined with the fragmentation of the workforce and the relative decline of industry have created poor conditions for strike activity.

Kazakhstan: The Working Class Attempts to Find its Voice?

Regions: 
Central Asia
Facts: 
Social unrest
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

On 2 January, in response to a sudden increase in gas prices, protests and blockades rose up in the oil city of Zhanaozen in the Mangistau region, western Kazakhstan. The revolt has now spread across the country, including Almaty, the largest city in the country, and Nur-Sultan, the capital. It has forced the current president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to sack his cabinet, declare a state of...

Striking Kellogg's Workers: Don't Settle for Crumbs!

Regions: 
United States of America
Facts: 
Activities
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

(Leaflet distributed by the IWG during the Kellogg's strike in Lancaster, PA.) · Striking Kellogg's Workers: Don't settle for crumbs! Demand the abolition of the 2-tier system & more! · The ongoing strike of 1,400 Kellogg’s workers throughout the US is a continuing source of inspiration to other workers in this country and abroad who are joining in what is a fragile but significant...

USA: "Striketober", An Unprecedented Wave of Strikes

Regions: 
United States of America
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

The United States has experienced a wave of strikes on a scale rarely seen since 1968. All over the country, workers, exhausted by the Covid-19 pandemic, are demanding improvements in their working conditions. Driven by the rise in the cost of living, these thousands of workers are putting pressure on their bosses to grant them wage increases. This encompasses every sector of the economy.

Letter From a Striking Oil Worker in Iran

Regions: 
Middle East
History: 
2021: Iran Oil Workers' Strike
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

Below is a brief note from a striking worker, Mahmoud from Assaluyeh. Not only is it a good illustration of how the leading strikers in Iran today are thinking and how their discussions are shaping up, it also gives us an insight into the potential of the working class movement when we see how far the workers have advanced.

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