(en) US, Workers Solidarity Alliance Supports Swedish Bus
Workers!
The Workers Solidarity Alliance (WSA in USA) sends the Syndicalist SBSS bus workers our
solidarity in your struggle with Keolis and against their lawsuit... Additionally we stand
with your Union in your struggle against racism within Swedish society. ---- Good luck in
your efforts. ---- Yours in solidarity, ---- Mike K. ---- Corresponding Secretary ----
W.S.A. ----
http://internationellsolidaritet.com/2015/06/04/support-the-bus-drivers-who-protested-against-racist-advertisement/
---- Support the bus drivers who protested against racist advertisement BY
SACSYNDIKALISTERNA ---- Buss drivers of SAC syndikalisterna protested against racist
advertisement on buses. Employer Keolis answer: taking them to Court. ---- In the autumn
2014 the section of SAC- bus drivers in Stockholm, SBSS, started a blockade against
driving busses with advertisement for the racist party SD, the Swedish democrats,
displaying hatred towards beggars. Keolis answer was to sew the drivers.
More than 60 different nationalities are working for Keolis. Keolis policy for equality
and diversity states: “openness, human rights and dialogue is supposed to permeate all
activity at Keolis” and “it’s zero tolerance considering discrimination and harassment”.
Despite that, Keolis did not just accept the advertisement- now they choose, through the
bosses union, to sew the union who reacted against the racist advertisement. SBSS did not
only act according to the guidelines of Keolis, they did something each and everyone of us
should do: reacting against the racist threats against one of the most exposed groups in
our society.
They did act and showed civil courage. After the elections we’ve seen a catastrophic
increase of violent attacks against beggars, most of the times really poor Roma people
from different countries in Eastern Europe. Shooting against beggars and their camps
getting burned up, in at least two cases people have been killed. The racist threats from
the Swedish Democrats, the advertisement on the busses among other things, have
contributed to this.
The bus drivers of SAC did what they could to stop the normalisation of racist attacks on
one of the most exposed groups within our society. At this point, Keolis chooses to focus
on a tiny legal detail in the strike notice, where the interpreting of the laws is
unclear, sewing the section on 100 000 Swedish crowns. The 9/6 is is the date for oral
negotiations in the labour court.
All support to the syndicalistic bus drivers! Stop the normalisation of racist attacks!
We urge all comrades to show our bus driving comrades support by:
- Send statements off support
– Follow them on Facebook (SBSS) and Twitter (@sbss08)
– Send email to the employer Keolis and tell them what you think about that they taking
our comrades to Court and defending racist propaganda
