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Greece is in the throes of an economic meltdown. The IMF, EU, and European Central Bank, with the backing of the German government, have imposed severe austerity measures forcing Greeks to pay off a debt incurred by corrupt politicians. The conditions imposed on a bailout have led to massive layoffs, worsening conditions for workers, rampant wage theft, the shredding of the social safety net, and sharp increases in taxes. The cuts have have plunged the economy into a death spiral, forcing unemployment to 27% and climbing.
Much as the Nazis arose in Weimar Germany by exploiting similar economic conditions, Golden Dawn, an avowedly fascist political party, has been rapidly gaining power in Greece. Golden Dawn captured seven percent of the seats in parliament in the most recent election. Armed with government funding and the tacit cooperation of thepolice (many of whom are Golden Dawn members), fascists attack and murder immigrants in the streets, while offering free social services to Greek citizens to build their support base.
It is a bleak picture- but there is hope. Ordinary Greeks are mobilizing to prevent the right-wing takeover of their country. Neighborhood assemblies, Immigrant solidarity groups, labor unions and other civil society organizations are resisting both Golden Dawn and the destructive government policies that created the economic collapse, and increasingly challenging capitalist control of the economy with strikes and workplace occupations. In northeast Greece, workers at Vio.Me (www.viome.org/) have taken over their building materials factory, restarting production without bosses. They join a rising tide of workers control initiatives across the globe, opening the door to another world.
Hear the story directly from the involved workers:
Genebank employees at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
Credit: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
visit the Trust online: www.croptrust.org
This is the logo for the accident and work injury law group in san diego, california.
Karen Kasmauski/MCSP.
Nurses from all over the region come to Esiama for additional training and updating. They went through an emergency scenario. Nurse Martha Alw Szorkpe shows how to make a hydrating solution with sugar and salt.
Xiao Yongbin, from Mianyang, Sichuan. He is in charge of distributing all the newspapers and mails of this post office, including mails to the goverment of Dalian, because the goverment is right in their region. Xinkai Road post office is in charge of mails to goverment of Dalian, all the 16 workers are migrant workers. Xinkai post office, Dalian, China.
Rusakov Workers' Club in Sokolniki district. The eye-catching building is designed by famous avantgarde architect Konstantin Melnikov in the end of 1920s. Recently renovated to house Roman Viktiuk theater.
This image was taken from a collection of Soviet news photos distributed in the United States by Soyuzfoto during the early 1930s.
Collection name: Soyuzfoto Soviet News Photo Collection
Original held by: Archives and Special Collections
Institution: Dickinson College
Location: Carlisle, PA
Contact us at: archives@dickinson.edu
Cuba’s Reforms Shift Focus to Training Skilled Workers
Ivet González
HAVANA (IPS) – His carpenter’s certificate has made Antonio Tejero into a passionate champion of the trades, because, he says, he works “directly for society.” That attitude is in line with the government’s plan to train more technicians and skilled workers to give a boost to the economy.
A tree located in the backyard of the BC Legislature commemorates all workers injured or killed in the workplace, and those who suffer from work-related illness or injury.
Из архива в портфолио.
Фотосессия для журнала "Компания НЛМК". 2015 г. |
The photosession for NLMK Corporate Magazine. 2015.
SEIU 721 members that work for the City of Palm Springs - workers working. Palm Springs Airport - Craig Wood, maintenance worker at airport and Manny Calvillo, maintenance worker, help put in drip irrigation at airport. photos shot on May 28, 2015 in Palm Springs, by tracy lee silveria/seiu721
Construction workers in Yueyang are primarily migrant workers from the surrounding countryside.
These men (and women) do not get paid very much, and they work very long and hard days. However, they appreciate the work that they find in the city that they did not have in the countryside.
Pray many construction workers will hear the Good News this year and that they will spread it to others.