espero 7 – Die neue Sommerausgabe 2023 16:58 Jun 25 7 comments Hier ist sie: Die espero-Sommerausgabe 2021! 18:20 Jun 16 15 comments David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59 00:24 Sep 06 7 comments Poder e Governação 02:58 May 17 2 comments Against Anarcho-Liberalism and the curse of identity politics 18:34 Jan 14 4 comments more >> |
Recent articles by CNT-AIT Barcelona
Search author name words: CNT This author has not submitted any other articles.
Recent Articles about Iberia Anarchist movementUn taller sobre anarcofeminismo para un 8M reivindicativo. Feb 22 20 Poder e Governação May 17 19 Υποστηρίξτε ... Dec 28 18 Mercadona strike: Solidarity Urgently needed
iberia |
anarchist movement |
other libertarian press
Monday May 22, 2006 22:07 by CNT-AIT Barcelona - CNT Bareclona sov at barcelona dot cnt dot es
¡ URGENT CALLING ! TWO MONTH ON STRIKE! To all of the libertarian movement of the world and to all anarchosyndicalists in the world, this is an emergency This strike has got some caracteristics which |
Front pageSupport Sudanese anarchists in exile Joint Statement of European Anarchist Organizations International anarchist call for solidarity: Earthquake in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan Elements of Anarchist Theory and Strategy 19 de Julio: Cuando el pueblo se levanta, escribe la historia International anarchist solidarity against Turkish state repression Declaración Anarquista Internacional por el Primero de Mayo, 2022 Le vieux monde opprime les femmes et les minorités de genre. Leur force le détruira ! Against Militarism and War: For self-organised struggle and social revolution Declaração anarquista internacional sobre a pandemia da Covid-19 Anarchist Theory and History in Global Perspective Capitalism, Anti-Capitalism and Popular Organisation [Booklet] Reflexiones sobre la situación de Afganistán South Africa: Historic rupture or warring brothers again? Death or Renewal: Is the Climate Crisis the Final Crisis? Gleichheit und Freiheit stehen nicht zur Debatte! Contre la guerre au Kurdistan irakien, contre la traîtrise du PDK Meurtre de Clément Méric : l’enjeu politique du procès en appel |
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (5 of 5)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5Dear comrades,
The CNT members employed by Mercadona are now into their 75th day of a strike. The Workers Solidarity Alliance asks all comrades, regardless of affiliation, to aid these strikers.
For those of us outside Europe, Mercadona is a supermarket supply company
( http://www.mercadona.es/corp/ing-html/empresa.html). The srikers work at the main distribution site.
The company has a customer service email system set up. We suggest that comrades send solidarity with the workers to this site: http://www.mercadona.es/corp/ing-html/atencion.html
or write direct to: Mercadona, S.A., Calle Valencia, #5, Tavernes Blanques, Valencia - CP 46016,Spain.
Continued solidarity emails and financial donations to the CNT may be sent as follows:
http://barcelona.cnt.es/?p=233
For up to date information (in Spanish) go to: http://www.cnt.es/mercacoso/home.php
Help these workers win this fight! They shall not stand alone.
Yours in solidarity,
Workers Solidarity Alliance
339 Lafayette Street #202
New York, New York 10012
wsany@hotmail.com
www.workers olidarity.org
Dear comrades. For the next 8th of July, the CNT is preparing a big demostration in Barcelona in support of the strikers of Mercadona, those of you who can go, of course, are invited!
This is the call:
"THEY ARE NOT ALONE!
On 8th July CNT will hold a big international demostration in Barcelone to
support the strike that is going on at the distribution centre of the
supermarket MERCADONA since almost 100 days ago.
In a few days we´ll announce the hour and the route of the demostration.
UNION, ACTION, SELF-MANAGEMENT!
CNT-Barcelona"
In Spanish:
"¡NO ESTAN SOLOS!
El día 8 de Julio habrá una movilización de toda la CNT para acudir a una manifestación en Barcelona, en solidaridad con los despedidos de Mercadona y en apoyo a la huelga que la Sección Sindical de CNT está llevando a cabo desde el pasado 23 de marzo; ya casi 100 días de huelga.
En los próximos días os anunciaremos el recorrido y la hora de inicio de la manifestación.
¡Esta huelga es de todos y la vamos a ganar!
Unión, Acción, Autogestión!"
In French:
"ILS NE SONT PAS SEULS !
Le 8 juillet, mobilisation de toute la CNT pour manifester à Barcelone, en solidarité avec les licenciés de Mercadona et en appui à la grève illimitée que la Section Syndicale de la CNT mène à bien depuis le 23 mars (déjà 100 jours de grève).
Dans les prochains jours, nous vous annoncerons le parcours et l'heure de début de la manifestation : tenez-vous informés !
Cette grève, c'est celle de tous et nous allons la gagner !
Union, Action, Autogestion !
CNT-Barcelona"
For further information http://barcelona.cnt.es
Translations to other languages and diffusion are welcome!!
Salud!
Luis
CNT-Seville
IMPORTANT 15 JULY Demostration-Mercadona strikers
Hi comrades.
The international demostration in support of the strikers of Mercadona have been changed to the 15th of July
15 OF JULY
12:00
PAISOS CATALANS SQUARE
Salud!
Luis
Barcelona members of the Spanish CNT who were fired by Mercadona continue their fight. The strikers have been out for more than 140 days.
Solidarity donations urgently needed. Please send funds as follows:
The Bank: La Caixa
Solidarity account: 2100 - 1183 - 35 -
0100505773
Europe: IBAN: ES08 2100 1183 3501 0050
5773
Rest of the world: BIC (Swift):
CAIXESBBXXX 2100 1183 3501 0050 5773
For information in Spanish (and some English) visit the Barcelona CNT website:
http://barcelona.cnt.es/
SPAIN: MERCADONA TRIES TO "BUYOUT STRIKERS. WORKERS REMAINS UNITED.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY URGENTLY NEEDED.
Dear comrades,
As you already are aware, workers and members of the Spanish
anarcho-syndicalist union CNT-AIT are on strike at the logistic centre of the
supermarket "Mercadona" in Barcelona. We have been on strike for more than 150 days.
It is one of the longest strikes in Catalonia in the recent decades.
Currently the CNT is involved in struggles with Mercadona all over Spain. However, the
most important and difficult struggle is our strike at the logistic centre in
Barcelona.
The workers and our comrades in Mercadona need your solidarity.
Mercadona is big and powerful. They have 20 police officers of the "Guardia
Civil" - a state paramilitary security force - guarding the logistic center.
Mercadona is able to make the local government prohibit worker demonstrations and
actions. The company is also able to suppress or to manipulate notices in the
public press etc.
However, with our struggle and never-ending actions (visit
www.cnt.es/mercacosa or http://barcelona.cnt.es, ) we nearly achieved in negotiations with
responsible company representatives an acceptable solution to end the strike.
Nevertheless, Mercadona wanted to dismiss all the strikers by offering a 300.000
Euros buyout. The striker's general assembly rejected this offer and proclaimed:
"They can't buy us off"
With this turn of events, we have resumed our efforts in putting more
pressure on the company. Our actions will not be limited to Spain. We are also trying
to make public this struggle and inform and engage workers all over the
world. We have set up a propaganda commission who are translating notices in
several languages like Esperanto, English, French and German.
Even though Mercadona only exists in Spain, we think that this struggle
should be known worldwide as an example of how it is possible to organize to defend
our interests and dignity as workers.
The CNT - Mercadona Union Section asks comrades and their organizations to
help us win this strike. You can do so as follows:
- Send solidarity mails to the workers: cnt@badalona.cnt.es. and
cnt@barcelona.cnt.es.
- Send protest letters to the company:
Mercadona, S.A.
CIF:A-46-103834
C/ Valencia, nº 5
Tavernes Blanques
VALENCIA - C.P.46016, SPAIN
- Send letters to the Spanish embassy asking about the conflict
- Make some kind of peaceful protest action at Spanish embassies and
consulates (or at the "Instiuto Cervante"
- By donating money to the strikers and their families (they're running
short):
BIC (Swift): CAIXESBBXXX 2100 1183 3501 0050 5773
- Publicizing our struggle in the press and amongst worker and community
organizations in your
your country.
For further information in English, go to our website:
http://barcelona.cnt.es/?p=233. )
We are in an important stage of this struggle. We have to put more pressure
on Mercadona in order to win. The strike is going on for more than 150 days.
The CNT-Mercadona strikers need as much moral and economic support as we can get
from workers around the world.
We will win this struggle!
Anarcho-syndicalist greetings,
MS
(militant of the Local Federation of Badalona and member of the news crew of
the support commission of the strike in Mercadona)
Mercadona makes "buyout" offer to the Permanent Secretariat of CNT for the
dismissal of all strikers on the 140th day on strike
Workers reject buyout offer. Workers respond with a protest action on
Wednesday, August 9th.
Members of the Permanent Secretariat of the National Confederation of Labor
(CNT) reached a tentative agreement with the Director of Human Resources and
the Director of Labor Relations of Mercadona on Saturday, 5th of August in
Madrid. The tentative agreement was going to be ratified by the workers on Tuesday,
August 8th in Seville. The agreement would have ended the strike.
Nevertheless, Mercadona took a "spectacular" turn on the same day trying to "buyout" the
workers for 300.000 Euros.
On August 8th the General Secretary and the Secretary for Union Action of the
National Committee of CNT, Rafael Corrales and Antonio Baena, had a new
meeting with the General Director of Human Resources and the Director of Labor
Relations of Mercadona, José Antonio Jiménez and Antonio Muñoz, in the Hotel "AC
Santa Justa" in Seville in order to finalize the agreement. The outline of the
agreement was achieved the previous Saturday at the Hotel "NH National" in
Madrid. The agreement was supposed to be - apart from the other tentative
agreements - an acceptable solution for the workers of the logistic centre of
Mercadona in Sant Sadurni D'Anoia (Barcelona) who have been on strike since the 23rd
of March.
Nevertheless, according to the CNT, both directors of Mercadona disregarded
the previously agreed upon terms and offered instead the sum of 50 millions
pesetas as a buyout. This buyout would have led to the dismissal of all strikers.
This break in the negotiations is unacceptable to the CNT. The CNT rejects
the "buying off" of the strikers which negates the dignity of the workers.
Regarding the senseless actions of both directors, the CNT holds Mercadona
directly and solely responsible for the annoyances caused by protests suffered
by our neighbors in Barcelona and the province of Catalonia.
During the last negotiation session, all open points were agreed to and
Mercadona knows about the irregularities of their actions. The strikers have
denounced such Mercadona actions. The recent actions by Mercadona came as a surprise
to the CNT. The company wants to buy with millions of pesetas our fundamental
right strike and our human dignity, which we reject.
The CNT bears in mind that the workers went on strike because of the
dismissals of three workers (which the labor courts have since declared illegal); the
recognition of the union section of CNT and agreement on minor improvements
such as paid lunch breaks and clean and sanitary working conditions
After rejecting the "buyout", the workers returned the next day and organized
protests in Barcelona with a demonstration, which began at 6 o'clock on
"Plaza de España" and terminated in the corner of the streets "Sants" and "Badal".
For information in Spanish (and some English) visit the Barcelona CNT
website:
http://barcelona.cnt.es.
National Confederation of Labour / CNT-AIT
Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee
www.cnt.es.