Signs of Hope – A continuing series August 5, 2022
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Gewerkschaftler suggested this recently:
“I suggest this blog should have a regular (weekly) slot where people can post happenings at the personal or political level that gives them hope that we’re perhaps not going to hell in a handbasket as quickly as we thought. Or as the phlegmatic Germans put it “hope dies last”.”
Any contributions this week?
The Cedar Lounge Revolution 
Labout militancy spreading even to non-unionised workplaces. Below is a short account from an Amazon warehouse in Essex:
https://notesfrombelow.org/article/wildcat-strike-amazon
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And a longer report here:
https://novaramedia.com/2022/08/04/hundreds-of-amazon-workers-stage-wildcat-strike-over-kick-in-the-teeth-pay-offer/
Interesting that it’s Tilbury: one of the largest container ports in the UK, but now almost entirely mechanised and with high multi-generational unemployment – so two reasons for Amazon to be there.
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It is great to see Amazon being unionised slowly but surely.
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And Felixstowe, the biggest container port, is going to strike for eight days.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/05/felixstowe-dockers-plan-eight-day-strike-in-pay-dispute
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http://wesayenough.co.uk/
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The real opposition here.
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