“We are not machines!”

 

 

 

“We are not machines!” – demonstration and a picnic organised to celebrate first anniversary of a strike in Chung Hong factory that took place in a special economic zone LG near Wroclaw, Lower Silesia region, Poland.

We are working our fingers to the bones for penies – on a production line, at cashiers, in a call center, in public services, on temporary contracts, as small pieces of corporate machinery or public administration. We are being subjected to exploitation , shrinking wages, instability of our lives. At the same time we are experiencing the shrinking of social security in areas such as education, health care and housing.

One year ago, a group of our collegues from the Chung Hong factory in special economic zone LG near Wroclaw said stop to this and started a stike. On 28th of June 2012 a group of almost 30 people stepped back from the production line in order to manifest their refusal to accept the disciplinary expulsion of their Workers Initiative union collegue, giving resistance to exploatitive work conditions, low wages and anti-union repressions.

After two weeks of strike, management of the factory has staged a lockout – disciplinary relegation of 24 striking laborers, thus stumping on one of fundamental freedoms that were achieved thanks to unions struggle. Fired laborers have been left without any source of income (they are not eligible for unemployment benefits). Till this day many of the workers have failed to find new jobs and are struggling financially. Currently their case is being handled by the Labour Court, which may take couple more years.

 

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