The new labour reform that the PSOE intends to introduce means increased agression against the democratic rights of workers.
The day of the
strike should serve as a trigger for further and broader mobilizations. A
labour reform which they try to justify with the crisis, but which in
reality is only aimed at giving more possibilities to the companies to
make irregular contracts, ignore collective agreements and dismiss
workers at less cost. A reform which will mean more temporariness and
deregulation in hiring; a substantial reduction in compensation for
unfair dismissal; enormous possibilities
for the companies to reneg parts of the collective agreements such as
salary, hours or schedules. More precarity, more insecurity, less
salary, fewer rights. That is how the government of the PSOE is.
strike should serve as a trigger for further and broader mobilizations. A
labour reform which they try to justify with the crisis, but which in
reality is only aimed at giving more possibilities to the companies to
make irregular contracts, ignore collective agreements and dismiss
workers at less cost. A reform which will mean more temporariness and
deregulation in hiring; a substantial reduction in compensation for
unfair dismissal; enormous possibilities
for the companies to reneg parts of the collective agreements such as
salary, hours or schedules. More precarity, more insecurity, less
salary, fewer rights. That is how the government of the PSOE is.
But despite all that, this reform is
only the tip of the iceberg. The reality is below. They are the poor
working conditions in the overwhelming majority of companies, the
continued breach of the collective agreements, getting less money than
stipulated, working without insurance, having a half-time contract but
working full-time; there is the obligation to work overtime if you don’t
want to get fired, or not get vacations, or to have to do the work they
tell you, even if inappropriate. If you don’t want to do this, they
show you the door. Another part of this reality is the contempt which
the ruler, politicians and media treat us, in which we are presented as
lazy, unproductive and useless. We workers live knowing we are
replaceable, that we are just trash that only gets work if we do it more
cheaply than before. We live in fear of not knowing if tomorrow we will
still get paid or simply eat.
only the tip of the iceberg. The reality is below. They are the poor
working conditions in the overwhelming majority of companies, the
continued breach of the collective agreements, getting less money than
stipulated, working without insurance, having a half-time contract but
working full-time; there is the obligation to work overtime if you don’t
want to get fired, or not get vacations, or to have to do the work they
tell you, even if inappropriate. If you don’t want to do this, they
show you the door. Another part of this reality is the contempt which
the ruler, politicians and media treat us, in which we are presented as
lazy, unproductive and useless. We workers live knowing we are
replaceable, that we are just trash that only gets work if we do it more
cheaply than before. We live in fear of not knowing if tomorrow we will
still get paid or simply eat.
And
what are we going to do? Wait to see how they keep it all? Think that
one day we might get a decent job? Elbowing each other to get the last
benefit?
what are we going to do? Wait to see how they keep it all? Think that
one day we might get a decent job? Elbowing each other to get the last
benefit?
Those
who want to do this, will be rewarded later with misery. But the CNT
proposes that workers take another form of action: struggling for our
rights and dignity. Without subisidies to the unions, without paid union
activists, without political bargaining. Therefore, although we cannot
assure anyone that we can topple this reform, we we can assert that we
will give it our all. We call on all that want to be part of this
struggle to come to our unions and organize in the CNT.
who want to do this, will be rewarded later with misery. But the CNT
proposes that workers take another form of action: struggling for our
rights and dignity. Without subisidies to the unions, without paid union
activists, without political bargaining. Therefore, although we cannot
assure anyone that we can topple this reform, we we can assert that we
will give it our all. We call on all that want to be part of this
struggle to come to our unions and organize in the CNT.
And
also because of this we call for a General Strike on the 29th of
September. So that this day of strike triggers the mobilizations that
workers have ahead of us if we want to stop the Labour Reform. And
restore our dignity.
also because of this we call for a General Strike on the 29th of
September. So that this day of strike triggers the mobilizations that
workers have ahead of us if we want to stop the Labour Reform. And
restore our dignity.
