SHEFFIELD RADICAL BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Sheffield Radical Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 4 February 2023
Where: DINA, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield S1 2AZ
We are happy to publish this correspondence with an Italian comrade translated by the IWG. It illustrates, once again, despite all the propaganda that “we are all in this together”, what the working class really represents for capital … lambs to the slaughter, especially in dramatic situations like the one we live in.
Hi comrades,
I am writing you a brief report on the work situation in which I am living. As you know, I work for a large environmental hygiene company. Our sector falls into the category of work deemed to be in the public interest, so that, as it should be, given the period in which we live, our service cannot and should not be postponed or even less suspended.
Due to the epidemic, the company has made changes, mainly concerning the management of warehouses/offices, namely:
We were told not to gather in a group in the “start and end of a shift” area (the place where daily tasks are displayed). The above mentioned provisions are obviously not sufficient to protect us as operators, because:
Also on this occasion, there was a clear difference between the “prime” workers and the rest of us. The offices were largely closed, teleworking was authorized, which is understandable given the type of activity carried out; but what we found to be disgusting is that there had never been shortages of masks and disposable gloves in management offices.
As usual, security officials and shop stewards did not even raise an eyebrow and took no action.
We work as usual, even in an “exceptional” period, but the exploitation of workers continues. In this period of “care about your safety”, the lack of it in the workplace is only too obvious. If the contagion should appear in my company, in the factories that remain open, in hospital services, they are in all respects to be considered as accidents/deaths at work. The god of profit cannot be stopped.
Ciao
G
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SHEFFIELD RADICAL BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Sheffield Radical Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 4 February 2023
Where: DINA, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield S1 2AZ
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