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Despite pressure from both unions, including the IWW, and the Cypriot government, unionizing employees of Anytime, a subsidiary of the Dutch insurance giant Achmea, were fired this month. Eight Fellow Workers were fired while on strike against Anytime, a subsidiary of Achmea Holding N.V. The strike came on the heels of the firing of a … Read more

(This is a summary of the dutch post) TLDR: It can be annoying when your bus won’t appear due to a strike. The true cause for this is not the strike itself, but the bosses refusing to listen to the worker’s demands. Don’t let your frustration break your solidarity. Support the strike, and explain this … Read more

For now, the latest update on Willem’s situation. This Fellow Worker was fired after he quite rightly asked his boss why he was not getting a share of the tips collected during his shift at the restaurant. The restaurant owner was not happy that the IWW was acting as a union to represent Willem’s interests. … Read more

It’s time for another update about “Willem” and the small, cheerless restaurant on Zoutmanstraat in The Hague. After we visited the restaurant in order to deliver a letter to the tip-thieving boss, he didn’t remain silent for long. Just a few days later, we received a very “special” email. First of all, roughly 100€ in … Read more

This is the Zoutmanstreet in The Hague. In this calm street, you may find a small restaurant – it might seem suitable for a cozy meal with friends or family, but looks can be deceiving! Sadly, our appetite rapidly dissipated after we took a look behind the scenes at the personnel policy. Wages were paid … Read more

Next sunday (2021-04-25), the I.W.W. will organize a modest protest against ProRail, together with some other comrades. Since over 10 years, railroad workers have been working with cancer-inducing silica dust. Out of profit-seeking, ProRail has tried to cover this fact up, and they have not protected the workers’ health. This is disgusting and unacceptable! We … Read more

After being doxxed by a fascist Twitter account, a fellow worker at CED was fired for her anti-racism and anti-colonialism work. She sacrificed her time away from work to do something she believed in. And what was her reward? The loss of her livelihood. We call for CED to end their reprehensible action against our … Read more