On the night of 9 October the picket line at the gates of the Lin Weidong leather goods factory in Seano (Province of Prato) was attacked with iron bars by at least half a dozen hooded thugs.…
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In continuing our analysis of "alternative" trade unionism(1), we take our latest cue from the _open letter_ (…
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This demonstration was supposed to unite the various rank and file trade unions, but turned instead into a competition as to who would "win" the battle to lead the procession.…
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For many years now the grassroots or base unions (_sindacati di base_) have called a strike at this time of year appealing to workers from all sectors of production to mobilise, and as usual, we…
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Early yesterday morning (19 July) several leading members of the rank and file, or grassroots, unions in Piacenza were put under house arrest by the police. We have reported on the struggles of…
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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…
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The leaflet which follows was distributed by our comrades of the Internationalist Communist Party (Battaglia Comunista) in demonstrations across Italy last Monday. It was the first time that all…
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18 June 2021. At the Lidl warehouse in Biandrate near Novara, during the national strike for better working conditions in progress at the Lidl headquarters, supported by SiCobas, a comrade worker…