Sunshine, snow and skulduggeries

Labor dispute in the catering industry in Simmental.
Wage theft, overpriced accommodation and dependencies. Seasonal jobs in the catering industry are always rather tricky, especially for workers not from Switzerland. First the FAU was contacted by a worker, now we are supporting workers in several restaurants in the Simmental.

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United with the struggling cleaners

For several months, the cleaners at Enzler have been organizing with the FAU (Free Workers Union) and the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) in the Cleaning Collective to improve their working conditions: safety standards are not applied, schedules are not respected, they actually work on demand. These are just some of the grievances the workers are facing.

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Resolution of Enzler Workers

 

Today, the cleaning company Enzler has resorted to another means of (grassroots) union busting: it has invited the social "partner" Unia and declared participation in the event to be mandatory. Inviting Unia, which has been absent since the beginning of the labor conflict, is supposed to push the conflict away from the struggling grassroots unions. But workers at Enzler had already passed a resolution before Unia, expressing their confidences to the FAU, IWW and the cleaning collective.

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Solidarity action in front of Biogen

On Tuesday, July 6, about 20 supporters marched in front of the factory to show the workers that they are not alone. The company threatened us with police, but then let us go. During the speech, one person deliberately drove a car nearby and turned up music. This is a clear case of sabotage of our action! The saboteur then drove onto the Biogen site.
In general, the companies involved are trying everything to oust us grassroots unions. They even try to push Unia forward!

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