The Italian railway workers trade union, “Cub Trasporti”, together with the CAT trade union, will strike on 23, 24 and 25 October 2015 and adhere to the international struggles week proclaimed by the International Trade Union Network for Solidarity and Struggle, against the policies of workers and resources exploitation, that are starving the people all around the world and destroying protection and rights, for the cynicism of big economic and financial oligarchies.
We also adhere to the mobilization to fight the repression of legitimate dissent worldwide, that affects labor and for democracy activists who do not yield to the regime’s arrogance.
· – The railway freight transport workers will strike on October 23.
· – The railway passenger transport workers will have a 24-hours strike, between October 24 and 25.
We strike against the grueling pace of work and inhuman pension scheme, which provides pension rights beyond the average life expectancy, for many sectors of railway workers.
We strike against the prospect of a new downward national labor contract and the project of wild privatization of the sector FS, designed by the Italian government, which wants to cancel workers’ rights, destining to starvation wages, without protections.
We strike against the shameful agreements on representation, agreed by Italian companies and complicit unions, that allow only connive unions, that accept self-limitation of the right to strike, to represent workers in the jobs provided; this measure will cancel democracy for workers and will destroy thefreedom of expression and to dissent.
We strike against the proposed cancelation of the right to strike made by the Italian Government, in agreement with the regime unions.
We strike for job security, in support of workers sanctioned and fired for their battles.
We strike against exploitation and precariousness of job rules, worsened by the latest government measures; we strike for public transport and against essential public services privatization and dismantle.
We strike for our future.
CUB Trasporti (Italia)
