A
few days after the formation of the CNT union in Atento in Madrid,
fascist views have emerged and there has been repression against its
delegate, Suso, both by the company and members of the union
bureaucracy. Perhaps what hurts some is the
presence of real anarchosyndicalism and fear the company and others have
of the courage and determination of a CNT which fights, showing its
strength through direct action (picket on April 25 to denounce the workplace harassment against an anarchist comrade in the Barcelona 061-Emergency Service).
few days after the formation of the CNT union in Atento in Madrid,
fascist views have emerged and there has been repression against its
delegate, Suso, both by the company and members of the union
bureaucracy. Perhaps what hurts some is the
presence of real anarchosyndicalism and fear the company and others have
of the courage and determination of a CNT which fights, showing its
strength through direct action (picket on April 25 to denounce the workplace harassment against an anarchist comrade in the Barcelona 061-Emergency Service).
3
days ago a company official urged comrade Suso to remove stickers from
his work station. There was no resistance by the comrade, but he also
reminded the person responsible that the same conditions are for
everybody, because in most of the work stations
we typically see calendars, mouse pads, etc. of the union bureaucracy
and even the flags of Spain, which exploits these people for €900
euros a month and fires then when they please. The
company’s argument was the visit of one of its customers (Iberia) on
Monday the 30 and clearly they are pained by seeing the initials CNT.
days ago a company official urged comrade Suso to remove stickers from
his work station. There was no resistance by the comrade, but he also
reminded the person responsible that the same conditions are for
everybody, because in most of the work stations
we typically see calendars, mouse pads, etc. of the union bureaucracy
and even the flags of Spain, which exploits these people for €900
euros a month and fires then when they please. The
company’s argument was the visit of one of its customers (Iberia) on
Monday the 30 and clearly they are pained by seeing the initials CNT.
Today was already enough, even though our comrade
took down everything but a calendar, but at the other work stations
there were still things posted glorifying the unions and the national
flag. When the CNT delegate arrive to work, he found his work place all
messed up, the calendar removed and the supervisor waiting there to
tell him it was removed by the firm. Immediately our comrade replied that this same
standard should be applied to all and not just the CNT. So by the end
of the day, there were no flags of this sad country either. There was
some feeling of anger but as our colleague Suso said, if the company
takes restrictive action, is should apply equally.
Atento,
a company with substantial profits, a subsidiary of another one which
good dividends (Telefónica), has destroyed more than half of its
workforce in the last 4 years has been expanding in other countries
where they pay much less to their workers. Services that
are provided here (1004 and others) are made with labour in countries
like Morocco and Peru with more precarious conditions to those here
(about 280 € per month, much longer working hours than the 39 we have).
Those from Morocco say that they are forced to change their name when answering a call (usually to names like Manuel or Fatima). What a beautiful hypocrite company we have!
Now comes the stock offer for next month,
Telefónica aims to sell off more than 50% after valuing it at about one
billion euros. What can this mean?, By the
experience that we know this all will result in much more massive
layoffs and most will be camouflaged in false EREs (downsizing plans).
This union encouragew you to self-organize in
assemblies to defend what is yours. At all times you will have our
solidarity and support. For CNT, it is you who work, it is you who decides!
Health to those who fight!
CNT-AIT Union Atento-Madrid
http://cntatentomadrid.blogspot.com/
sovmadrid@cnt.es
