(en) i-f-a.org: A call for support of the struggle of VIOME
Dear friends, As a result of the legal battle waged against the VIOME workers collective,
the state-appointed trustee is now organising a series of auctions with the aim of
liquidating the plot of land on which the VIOME factory is located. A possible sale of the
land would create the legal ground for evicting the workers from the factory. ----
Although the workers and the solidarity assembly are decided to stand their ground and
defend the factory in all eventualities, the auction process represents a threat and it
requires mobilisation in order to be prevented. A first step is to block, through direct
action, the first such auction that is programmed for November 26th. ---- This is why we
reach out to you, to ask for help and mobilisation to put pressure on the government to
satisfy the long-standing demands of the VIOME workers for legalisation of their activity,
by expropriating the factory and granting it to the VIOME workers' cooperative, which will
operate it in a horizontal and self-managed way, as it has been doing for 3 years now.
We appeal for an international week of solidarity, from November 17 to 24.
We urge you to sign the attached resolution and return your details to
protbiometal@gmail.com, or even better, hand it in to the nearest Greek embassy or
consulate demanding that it is transferred to the Greek Ministry of Labour.
We welcome any international acts of solidarity, especially ones that involve non-violent
direct action towards Greek embassies worldwide.
We urge you to organise screenings of this 30-minute documentary by D.Azzellini and
O.Ressler, detailing the struggle of VIOME through interviews and participation in its
assemblies (English subtitles included): https://youtu.be/2Fg2akSUvFM. You can download a
good quality version of the documentary here(407mb).
You can send us announcements of your events, and/or photos to be uploaded to VIOME´s
website, to protbiometal@gmail.com.
http://i-f-a.org/index.php/fr/accueil/25-anglais/news/721-a-call-for-support-of-the-struggle-of-viome
