(en) Anarchists and libertarian communists in the CGIL #32 -
Paper presented at the end of the XVII Congress CGIL from "The Union
is another thing." - George Cremaschi (it) [machine translation]
The fiscal compact and the austerity policies of the ECB and the European Union are
condemning misery tens of millions of workers and employees and broad social groups,
cutting salaries and pensions, and employment rights, and social welfare services. We must
fight this European Union against its treaties erected in defense of the banking, finance
and speculators. Without this break we can not be said the necessary unity and class
solidarity of the workers and employees in Europe and you can not get out of the crisis.
---- The national congress of the CGIL promotes an extraordinary mobilization of the labor
market at European level for the breakdown of austerity policies. We need to give support
and perspective to the many struggles in Europe in defense of wages and rights, against
relocations and layoffs, as from accession to the next event on 17 May against
privatization and in defense of the commons and the mobilizations concerning counter
Italian Presidency of the EU.
In addition, the congress of the CGIL is opposed to any Italian involvement in support of
the reactionary government in Kiev possible action, with or without NATO, the Ukrainian issue.
In Italy, the agreement of 10 January is the tool to institutionalize austerity policies
in employment and with it is welcomed and extended the authoritarian model of Marchionne.
The agreement is in complete continuity with the agreements of 28 June 2011 and 31 May
2013 and assume the underlying principles; ie derogabilità by national contracts, the full
recoverability of the agreements and the penalties for those who contrasts. This changes
the nature of the union, handing workers and employees to the absolute dominion of the
company, on working conditions and hours, wages and rights.
The signing of the CGIL has taken place without any democratic mandate, against the recent
ruling of the Constitutional Court, which ruled in favor of the FIOM against Fiat and is
detrimental to the values and rules of the same CGIL.
The system that is defined by the Act on representation can not be practiced only in part,
or amended or corrected. The agreement should be deleted. The national congress of the
CGIL mandates the new management team to open a dispute on the general subject of
bargaining and representation, for the defense of the rights and freedoms of workers and
trade union workers. The national congress of the CGIL confirms the need to get a law on
representation and union democracy.
Behind the demagoguery of the government Renzi looms a real authoritarian turn. The draft
revision of the electoral law and tampering in a reactionary direction of the
Constitution, the growing repression and criminalization of social conflict are the sign
of an authoritarian twist. E 'in this context that, on the one hand, they feed unsavory
episodes like that of applause at the congress of the SAP turned to the four policemen
responsible for the murder of Aldrovandi; on the other, they stop on suspicion of
terrorism four militants No Tav for - perhaps! - Tampered a compressor. The CGIL supports
and participates in the demonstration in solidarity on May 10 in Turin.
From the point of view of work, the government Renzi continues the attack on the rights
and protections of workers and employees. By the drastic reduction of social spending to
the attack on civil servants, the contract only to cut the tax wedge, Renzi is preparing
to impose an acceleration intended to clear each element of contrast to the domain of the
business and the market. The congress of the CGIL expresses total adversity Decree Renzi /
Poletti called jobs act, with which they condemn millions of workers and workers in a
precarious condition structural. The model must be fought in all its complexity. On legal
grounds, taking the initiative of Democratic Lawyers who have denounced Italy for breach
of EU rules. On the social terrain, building a great mobilization.
The measure that would allocate EUR 80 to lower income groups, as well as to exclude large
sections of the workforce, retirees and unemployed, is not - as would appear - an act of
social justice, but part of an overall plan of drastic reduction public and social spending.
The congress of the CGIL proclaims a real general strike against the economic and social
policy of the government Renzi, against the policies of the bosses, built through a
process of participation and the definition of a general platform of the world of work
from these topics:
the repeal of the law on pensions Fornero and social safety nets;
the recapture article 18;
the deletion of Article 8;
a new public intervention in the economy and the nationalization of large enterprises
in crisis;
the social income and the minimum wage;
a special plan on employment, since blocking of layoffs and reduced hours;
the reconstruction of a practice of demands that increases wages;
against Tav and infrastructure projects;
against privatization;
against military spending, the F35 to the Eurofighter;
act against the jobs and job insecurity;
against the treaties imposed by the Troika and the Italian governments.
Congress has made clear the deep crisis of the CGIL and its categories. Faced with the
worsening of the condition of workers, young people and pensioners the leadership reacted
by replacing despotism by comparison, excluding the participation, self-celebration budget
choices. It was decided not to deal with the underlying theme that involves the
reconstruction of a theory and practice of demands that can give meaning and value to the
initiative union.
The crisis of the CGIL is crisis of ideas and culture, identity and conscience. Amply
demonstrates the fact that he had invited Moretti and denying the word to the families of
32 victims of the massacre of Viareggio.
This crisis has emerged clearly in the assemblies of the base. The actual attendance was
at historic lows, despite the final number of voters, absolutely not credible. The proof
is that the national commission warranty - for the first time in the history of our
organization - purported to approve the final data, in spite of half of its members did
not participate in the vote in protest. The national congress of the CGIL believes
therefore to establish a joint commission of inquiry with a mandate to verify the
regularity of the congress.
Finally, the Congress of the CGIL reconfirms the full relevance of the concept of
independence from political and union bosses and considers it necessary to address the
issue to the end of the crisis of representation and the adequacy of its instruments.
