Dieses Jahr fielen die Aktionstage der Internationalen Arbeiter/innen-Assoziation (IAA) zusammen mit dem Ersten Mai. Am 01.05. und den unmittelbar vorhergehenden Aktionstagen wurden von Mitgliedsorganisationen rund um den Globus verschiedene Veranstaltungen durchgeführt.

Argentinien

Mitglieder der FORA organisierten Mai-Demonstrationen in einigen Städten, wie Buenos Aires, Neuquen und Rosario, sowie in der Andenregion. Die FORA-Mitglieder riefen die Arbeiter/innen dazu auf, freie Gewerkschaften zu gründen, welche sich nicht an Kompromissen eteiligen. Außerdem erinnerten sie an die historische Tradition ihrer Organisation.

Brasilien

Aktivist/innen der COB-FORGS machten eine Aktion am Ersten Mai in Porto Alegre. Sie demonstrierten, verteilten Flugblätter und hielten eine Kundgebung ab mit Redner/innen und Musik. Die COB demonstrierte auch in Araxa, wo sie zur Verkürzung der Wochenarbeitszeit auf 30 Stunden ohne Lohnkürzung aufrief. Auch sie sprachen sich für die Organisierung von Arbeiter/innen außerhalb der korporatistischen Gewerkschaften aus. Nach der Kundgebung zogen sie dann als Demo durch die Stadt und im Anschluß gab es ein Konzert.

May Day has long been a holiday where social democrats and establishment unions show themselves and remember the struggle for the 8-hour day. On this occasion, it is perhaps interesting to look back at some of the differences in the labor movement in the US in the 1880s. It can help us to understand that what the Haymarket anarchists had in mind was nothing like the social democracy that current labor leaders espouse.

Demands for an 8-hour day had been made since the beginning of the 19th century. In the United States, the 8-hour day became a regular demand after a general strike in Philadelphia in 1835, calling for 10 hours a day, minus 2 hours for meals. Different sectors of workers achieved the 8-hour day through strike action and agitation. Some legislation even passed for some states or categories of workers. It is interesting that the main battle for the 8-hour day became Chicago. The state of Illinois had passed legislation for the 8-hour day in 1867, but it had many loopholes and was ineffective.

The 8-hour day was a demand that was taken up by unions of different political leanings. The IWMA (First International) at its Congress in 1866, put forward this demand. The IWMA had influence amongst the German-speaking immigrant anarchist and socialist workers of Chicago, who later became a driving force in the labor movement. After the IWMA disbanded, the International Working People's Association was founded in 1881 by anarchists and a large and influential group appeared in Chicago

nternasjonale Arbeiderassosiasjon (I.A.A.) organiserer Aksjonsdager den 29. og 30. april og 1. mai 2013!
Ryanair+ Norwegian + SAS+ Lufthansa+ Iberia.?

Mens krisa i verdensøkonomien utvikler seg, går kapitalen verden over til frontalangrep mot ”velferdsordninger” som pensjoner og faglige rettigheter. Denne utviklinga foregår på mange felt og det er all grunn til å være opptatt av situasjonen i luftfartssektoren: Vi nevner nedskjæringene og oppsigelsene i SAS, Norwegian som truer med å flagge ut hele, eller deler av selskapet til Irland (eller et annet land) og streikene i Lufthansa som er mot at selskapet skal bli et lavprisselskap.

I tillegg skal det spanske Iberia si opp hele 3807 ansatte, kutte lønningene med 20-40% og det skal innføres færre feriedager for å gjøre selskapet attraktivt for salg. Vår søster organisasjon CNT-AIT har en klubb i Iberia og NSF-IAA støtter arbeidernes kamp. Bak alle disse endringene “spøker” Ryanair, ved at de andre selskapene skal ta opp konkur-ransen ved å dumpe lønninger og sosiale ordninger.