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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
On International Women's Day, let's keep up the militant fight!
13 February 2022: ICOG Call for March 8, 2022: Since 2021, all over the world, especially for women in the poorest countries, there are bitter effects of the deepening misery due to the economic and environmental crisis. The general increase in prices, the lack of jobs and food mean hunger and hardship for poor families. The effects of the transition to climate catastrophe, such as the deforestation of the Amazon jungle, or regional environmental disasters, undermine livelihoods worldwide. Women and children suffer particularly. Their dignity is often trampled underfoot in the global refugee movement, which has grown to over 80 million.
Solidarity message against the repression of Free Metalworkers’ Union (SPM) in Belarus
2 February 2022: Dear colleagues, we are very outraged to learn that in 2021 you have faced continues harassment and repression of trade unions and militant workers movement in Belarus.
To the colleagues of General Motors Silao, Mexico Congratulations on the successful election of a new militant union!
February 3, 2022: Spokespersons for the International Group Coordination General Motors - Stellantis in the International Automotive Workers' Coordination: Congratulations on the successful election of a new militant union! You have overwhelmingly chosen to support the SINTTIA union. Last year you had already rejected the contract of the CTM union. We understand your decision as a decision for the struggle for higher wages.
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