The unprecedented scope of the uprising this past week reflects widespread discontent on various levels – and widespread disdain and criticism for the racist and repressive role of the police as an institution in the USA. The immediate issue is yet another police murder of a black man — the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops. But the protests have often mentioned other recent police killings of black people.
We demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the many other hundreds of black people murdered by police in the past year. Since the point blank cop shooting of Oscar Grant in 2009, more than 200 people have been shot and killed by the police here in the Bay Area – Mario Woods, Alan Blueford, Kenneth Harding Jr and others. Just in the last few days Vallejo police shot and killed a young man on his knees with his hands raised. No cop in Vallejo has been disciplined for deadly force in the past decade despite the many shootings by police.
When we face a problem at work and think about how to solve it, more often than not we face difficulties. Sometimes we manage to work them out quickly, other times it can be really demanding or even more than we can handle. Still, it’s almost always true, that it is easier when there’s more of us and we act together. Therefore we reach out to you – to everyone who wants to actively solve problems in the workplace and share their experience. Let’s help each other.
A partir del 1 de junio, la función del Secretariado de la AIT estará a cargo de la CNT-AIT de España. La función del Vice- Secretariado permanecerá con la ASF de Australia. La dirección de contacto del Secretariado de la AIT sigue siendo la misma: iwa-ait.org.
Se puede encontrar información sobre el papel del Secretariado en los Estatutos de la AIT en esta página.
Starting June 1, the function of IWA Secretariat will be performed by the CNT-AIT of Spain. The Vice-Secretariat function will remain with the ASF of Australia. The contact address of the IWA Secretariat remains the same: iwa-ait.org.
Information about the role of the Secretariat can be found in the IWA Statutes on this page.
La CNT-AIT de Francia ha compilado varios textos de algunas de las secciones de la AIT relacionadas con la situación del coronavirus, con las acciones y respuestas de estas Secciones y la situación de los trabajadores en el sector de sanidad incluidos los trabajadores de atención. Mientras escriben: La pandemia de coronavirus afecta a todos los países y tendrá un impacto, directo o indirecto, en la vida de miles de millones de personas. A pesar de las crisis que estamos atravesando, es importante mantener nuestra mente crítica, tratar de comprender cómo llegamos a esta situación, cómo hacer frente y cómo imaginar soluciones para después de la crisis.
El boletín se puede descargar de la página de la AIT o del blog mencionado abajo en diferentes idiomas. Desplácese hacia abajo para ver los archivos PDF en este sitio.
The CNT-AIT from France has compiled some texts of a few of the IWA Sections related to the Coronavirus situation, their actions and responses and the situation of workers in the Health Care sector, including care workers. As they write: The Coronavirus pandemic affects all countries and will have an impact - direct or indirect - on the lives of billions of people. It is important despite the crises we are going through to keep our critical mind, to try to understand how we got into this situation, how to cope, and how to imagine solutions for after the crisis.
The bulletin can be downloaded from the IWA page or the blog listed below in different languages. Scroll down for the PDFs on this site.
