The employee-es of food in Britain suffer an unprecedented crisis. Their mobilization for
employment was recently dodged the media frenzy around the anti-tax revolt red caps. This
is the trade union movement to regain control. ---- The economic crisis is hitting hard
the industrial world. After the car, it is the turn of the agro-food sector to be hit
hard. In a region like the UK, widespread failure of the latter may have consequences as
dramatic as the closure of mines in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais: mass unemployment, poverty,
withdrawal, rise of racism... Breton agribusiness model is based on a very intensive
agriculture, low labor costs and a good dose of European aid. It's been years that the
associations of environmental protection, the Conf?d?ration Paysanne and all
anti-capitalist forces denounce this model could not be sustained forever.
After the difficulties of Doux, Gad farm slaughterhouse Lampol the volailler Tilly Sabco
threat to close... The owners are responsible for this situation: Mild established
businesses in Brazil and exported its production to France in competition with its own
local production. Tilly Sabco is stuffed with European export subsidies without the
benefit of its employee-es-es paid the minimum wage for working conditions very difficult.
Disaster for the employee-es
There is a real despair in employee-es who know that behind the closure of the plant
conversion possibilities are very low. There is no tradition of struggle in this industry
where the employer repression is a rare violence. Thus, it is not entirely surprising to
see a disorderly revolt that hard to identify the culprits. The episode of the clash of
employee-es Gad Lampol with employees Gad Josselin is an unfortunate illustration. The
employee-es producer Marine Harvest salmon and other boxes had difficulty in this context,
decided to organize an event for job retention on Nov. 2 in Quimper. Meanwhile, traffic
patterns and farmers supported by FNSEA had started to make the powder against the
environmental tax on October 26. This event followed shortly (900 people) was a huge media
coverage, particularly around recovery red caps, symbol of the anti-tax revolt Breton
under the old regime.
Breton flag
Slingers against environmental tax - which is nothing to do with the crisis of food - were
grafted to the manifestation of Quimper employment, all unified by a regional dynamic
symbolized by the Breton flag. As for the fight against nuclear power Plogoff in 1980 and
the defense of the hospital Carhaix in the 2000s, the regionalist dimension plays a major
role. Regional solidarity as this greatly helped to maintain the hospital Carhaix, as it
allows today's progressive forces Alliance (NPA Breizhistance, many union locals) with
reactionary forces (FNSEA, MEDEF, UMP, FN , Youth identity...).
What slogans remember the event in Quimper? Maintaining employment? Live and work in this
country? The anti-tax Poujadist sling? We do not allow us to assess the mobilization of a
contemptuous look at the M?lenchon. However, the employee-es have interests opposed to
those of their bosses and not win anything to support them. On November 23, the entire
trade union movement Breton appellait mobilization for the defense of employment.
Hopefully it will resume the offensive. Social protest must be in the hands of employee-es
and turned against his enemies, the bosses and shareholders!
Lulu and Steph (AL Nantes)
Home »
» (en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #234 - Britain: The rage that masks the red caps (fr, pt)