Lear struggle escalates with new dismissals

Lear struggle escalates with new dismissals Wednesday morning, when the national day of action by Lear workers was starting and rallies and demonstrations were taking place all over the country, the company didn´t let four workers enter the factory. Yesterday these workers were forced to sign a petition against their delegates, but they refused to […]

National Day of Action in Support of The Lear Workers

National Day of Action in Support of The Lear Workers: What the National Media Outlets Said Spanish Videos Visión 7 – Conflicto en la empresa Lear (1) Buenos Aires province/ CABA (Buenos Aires city) Clarín Día complicado para el tránsito: marchas, cortes y caravana en Panamericana http://www.clarin.com/gran_buenos_aires/corte-panamericana-autopartista-lear-marchas-piquetes-centro_0_1175882648.html La Nación La protesta de Panamericana se traslada […]

La verdad sobre una dirección que no estuvo a la altura de la heroica huelga de los trabajadores del subte

Felipe Guarnieri es delegado de la estación Santa Cruz del subte de San Pablo y miembro de la agrupación Metroviários Pela Base. Marília Rocha es una de las trabajadoras del subte despedidas durante el conflicto.

LEAR: 07/16 , National Day of Action with rallies and demonstrations

LEAR: 07/16 , National Day of Action with rallies and demonstrations Lear workers will carry out a National Day of Action with rallies and demonstrations on Wednesday July 16th. At 5 am a rally will be held at the factory gates at Pacheco (an industrial district in northern Buenos Aires); later they will hold a […]

The railway workers’ strike was a warning for Hollande

FRANCE: The railway workers’ strike was a warning for Hollande For several months, the opposition to Hollande’s government was on the right, with the reactionary mobilizations against marriage equality and the election results of the extreme right, which stood out in the French political landscape. The railway workers’ strike last June, that lasted for 15 […]

Argentina: Lear workers announced a new national day of action and struggle plan

Argentina: Lear workers announced a new national day of action and struggle plan In a packed public lecture, held at the National Congress, where Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, provincial deputies, and dozens of supportive social organizations participated, Lear workers announced today a plan to fight for the reinstatement of 100 dismissed workers, 100 laid […]

Stop the military offensive in the Gaza Strip

Stop the military offensive in the Gaza Strip From the early morning of Monday, July 7, the State of Israel launched a military offensive called “Protective Edge” on the Gaza Strip, consisting of the massive bombing of this densely populated Palestinian territory and threatening a ground attack. In just two days, it has launched from […]

Important figures against layoffs and attacks on workers in LEAR Corporation

SIGN THE PETITION Important figures against layoffs and attacks on workers in LEAR Corporation Noam Chomsky, semiólogo, Estados Unidos. James Petras, Profesor Emérito de Sociología, Universidad de Binghamton, Estados Unidos Barbara Madeloni, Secretaria General de la Asociacion de docentes de Massachusetts (Massachusetts Teachers Association) Alex Callinicos, dirigente SWP, University Lecturer (Kings’ College, Londres) Zeta Melampianaki, […]

Lear workers fighting against lay-offs and technical unemployment

After Gestamp, it is Lear’s turn, another subcontracted company in the automobile industry, to fight. The economic crisis is worsening in Argentina and the automobile industry is one of the hardest hit. Thus, the largest automobile manufacturers have imposed technical unemployment upon their workers. Subcontractors have not only adopted this same policy, but have gone […]