(en) IWA External Bulletin Number 8,June 2014 - Contents + Editorial

Contents ---- [CNTE] Mercadona has to Pay Half a Million Euros in Compensation p. 3 ---- 
[ZSP] Campaign at Supermarket Wins Overtime Payments p. 4 ---- [SF] SolFed Chalks up 
Various Wins for Workers p. 5-6 ---- [CNTE] Indefinite Strike in Tinamenor p. 7 ---- 
[ASI/IWA] Uruguay: Actions Continue in Defense of Stranded Workers p. 7 ---- [IWA] Actions 
in 13 countries against Santander Bank, Isban and Panel Sistemas p. 8-9 ---- [IWA] Actions 
at TNS [FORA] Amnesty for the Oil Workers of Las Heras! p. 10 - 11 ---- [ZSP] Belchatow 
Hospital Workers Fight for their Jobs p. 12 ---- [ZSP] Keeping the Pressure on Impuls p. 
13 ---- [PA] Priama Akcia Activies p. 13 ---- [IWA] May Day 2014 p. 14-16 ---- Editorial 
---- The last few months have seen a number of our Sections achieve victories of different 
sorts in the workplace.

The CNT in Spain had an impressive victory in gaining compensation from the supermarket 
chain Mercadona through direct action. The ZSP in Poland also managed to force a 
supermarket chain to pay overtime and make some other improvements. And SolFed in Great 
Britain had a string of actions which won some unpaid salaries. In the past few years, 
more and more Sections of the IWA have been fighting and winning!

As the bulletin goes to press, comrades from the CNT in Tinamenor have gone on strike to 
get fixed contracts and a strike started at the Calderon Theater in Valladolid (which we 
will hopefully report on next time). And in Poland dismissed health care workers are 
sitting in at the hospital.

The IWA continues making direct actions around to world to support the struggles of our 
comrades. The AIT-SP recently interrupted an event of Mediapost in solidarity with the 
struggle of the workers of that firm in Spain. Action days took place against companies 
such as TNS and Bank Santander. And solidarity actions were made to demand the release of 
imprisoned oil workers from Argentina.

In addition to all this, the Sections of the IWA have been busy with many local 
activities. Public meetings, film showings, book fairs, labor law advisories, 
anti-eviction actions, training for activists, lectures, conferences, demonstrations 
around different issues ? all of this is carried on as part of the daily activity of 
anarcho-syndicalists.

With this we realize that this bulletin can only give a small taste of the variety of 
actions made by the Sections of the International Workers Association ? but we hope that 
with this we can at least show that yes, workers can organize themselves outside of union 
bureaucracy and get results through action!

If you are interested in learning more about the IWA or would like to start an 
organization in your location, please contact us at: secretariado@iwa-ait.org