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Let's make August 6, 2022 – Hiroshima Day – a worldwide day of struggle against war
Resolution of the webinar of the anti-imperialist and anti-fascist united front "Struggle against nuclear death" with 95 participants from 20 countries on July 24, 2022:
NATIONAL LEADERS OF SI COBAS ARRESTED: A NEW, HIGHLY REPRESSIVE ATTACK ON UNIONS AND WORKERS' STRUGGLES
The national coordinator of the rank-and-file union SI Cobas has been placed under house arrest, together with three union organisers in the city of Piacenza, and two local organisers of the USB union. They are charged with "criminal association","private violence" (i.e. picketing warehouses during strikes), resistance to public official, sabotage and interruption of public service, in order to achieve advantages for the union members over and above the national collective agreement, and to achieve personal advantages. This attack is aimed at isolating combative workers of the logistic sector - who have carried out a long wave of strikes in the last decade, organised with SI Cobas - from the rest of the working class in a moment when wages are being battered by inflation spurred by the war and a strong, generalised struggle is needed. The state judicial and police apparatus also aim at criminalising strikes and pickets, and restoring monopoly powers for the official unions that have become a pillar of the system and are supporting the bosses' governments. Logistic workers have given a strong response with a general strike and demonstrations in more than a dozen cities. Next Saturday a national demonstration in Piacenza.
Internationally United - Workers of Corporate Group All Together - One Struggle!
5 July 2022: Dear colleagues, on Wednesday, June 29, the workforce of the EVO bus plant (subsidiary of Daimler Truck) in Mannheim in Germany went up from 1:30 p.m on independent strike against the announcement to relocate the body shop to the Czech Republic. This was announced exactly on the day when the car/van plants of Daimler, which have been spun off since November 2021, were lulled into alleged security with new alleged "assurances for the future". There you can clearly see what the separation aimed at and always aims at.
Platform of the International Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Fascist United Front within the International Automotive Workers Movement founded
International Automotive Workers' Coordination June 19, 2022: Justice/South Africa, Dieter/International Coordination Group: Platform of the International Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Fascist United Front within the International Automotive Workers Movement founded on June 12, 2022. Dear friends, colleagues, we have participated in several meetings of the International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations (ICOR), with over 100 participants from 20 countries. The main subject was the discussion and joint resolutions on the international effort for the struggle for world peace and the building of an international anti-imperialist and anti-fascist united front.
Solidarity Message from IAC Ford Coordination to colleagues at Ford Chennai India
7 Juni 2022: Dear colleagues of the Ford plant in Chennai We have learned of your strike in the media and declare our solidarity with your struggle. You have already received a statement of solidarity from the International Automotive Workers' Coordination (IAC). We, Ford colleagues from the plants in Cologne (Germany), Valencia (Spain) and the former Ford transmission plant (now MAGNA) in Bordeaux, wholeheartedly support your struggle and make it known among our workforces.
Solidarity with the National Independent Union for Workers in the Automotive Industry (SINTTIA)!
27 April 2022: Dear colleagues, We, automotive workers from around the world, express our solidarity with the valiant GM workers at Silao, Mexico who recently organized and fought to form the independent union, SINTTIA, and who are now negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement on behalf of 6,000+ truck builders.
Poster for 28 April and Mayday
The International Coordinating Group thanks our fellow Brazilians for providing the April 28-May 1, 2022 International Poster in 6 languages.
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS UNITY! ACTIVE AGAINST IMPERIALIST WARS! FOR PEACE, JOBS, HIGHER WAGES! PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT!
Call of the International Coordination Group for April 28 and May 1, 2022: 5 April 2022: Dear colleagues, We call upon all auto workers, their families and fellow workers: Come out on May 1, the International Day of Struggle of the Working Class! This year let us show with powerful demonstrations and strikes in all countries that we resolutely condemn imperialist wars and actively commit ourselves to world peace.
Resolution of Ford workers against the war in Ukraine and the governments' war policy
We, colleagues from the factories of Ford condemn the imperialist attack of Russia on Ukraine. Stop the bombing immediately! Russian troops out of Ukraine! The NATO military alliance under the leadership of the USA with its gradual eastward enlargement has provoked this situation.
Ford IAC Newsletter 1-2022
March 2022 The situation at Ford (overview) Colleagues from four Ford sites (one of them formerly Ford-Bordeaux, now MAGNA Powertrain) have positioned themselves with a resolution against the war in Ukraine, against war and armament policies of their own governments and for active resistance.
ICOG statement on imperialist aggression in Ukraine and the threat of world war
28 February 2022: We think of the suffering of the millions of people in Ukraine. Our sympathy goes out to them. We stand by the side of our colleagues in Ukraine and Russia. In particular, we stand in solidarity with the courageous peace activists in Russia and with the resistance of the Ukrainian people, rising up against the occupation. We greet the participants from these countries, which were at our 2nd International Automotive Workers' Conference 2020. The International Automotive Workers' Coordination condemns Russia's imperialist attack on Ukraine. Immediate stop of the bombardments! Russian troops out of Ukraine!
KOG Germany: Solidarity wins! Stop the attempt of criminalization of Gabi Fechtner, Monika Gärtner - Engel, Stefan Engel ( MLPD)
23 February 2022: The coordination group supports you with full commitment against accusations of terrorism, character assassination and criminalization and the announcement of a Europe-wide police search against you.
Philippines MWAP: Workers need significant wage hike now
22 February 2022 The Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines said Filipino workers urgently need a significant wage hike amid the rising prices and economic hardship brought about the Covid 19 pandemic.
Third ICOG online meeting passed important forward-looking resolutions
20 February 2020: Dear colleagues, The 3rd Online Video Meeting of the International Coordination Group (ICOG) took place successfully in January. Important resolutions for further work were discussed and adopted. Key issues in the discussion were the impact of the Corona pandemic, the development of international coordination work and the need to improve cooperation with the elected international corporate coordinators of International Automotive Workers' Coordination.
Country Reports to 3rd online meeting from Brazil, Germany, India, South Africa
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