Today’s headlines: LabourNet Germany News on Jan 20, 2016

English overview for today’s headlines on LabourNet Germany – unless stated otherwise the links lead to German only text // see German newsletter here

[Germany/ Berlin/ Housing]
Housing in Berlin: 2 available flats for people dependent on social welfare, 60 holiday apartments for rent in the neighbourhood – activists squat holiday home

[EU/ online censorship]
EU online censorship: Reports on Neo-Nazis deleted from Google index due to European legislation on data protection

[Fortress Europe]
Doctors without borders: European Union failed in refugee „crisis“ 2015

• English:
• MSF report „Obstacles to Europe“

[Germany/ Refugees]
After west Balkans now debate on Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia – The whole world a „safe country of origin“? Far from reality

[Germany/ Bochum/ Refugees]
Refugee accommodation in Bochum: compromise solutions are not enough

[Germany/ Retail]
Kaiser’s Tengelmann supermarket takeover: Deal againts workers

[Germany/ Automobile]
Collective bargaining round 2016 at Volkswagen opened

[Germany/ Hamburg/ Workers‘ rights]
Game factory Goodgame against workers‘ council: Bad-Feel-Manager

[Capitalism]
Oxfam: 62 superrich own as much as half world population – offshore havens must be closed

[Germany/ Workers‘ councils]
Let’s talk about money: salary classifications for workers‘ representatives

[Germany/ Unions]
Peace talks successful: United Services Union ver.di, metall union IG Metall and mining/chemical/energy union IG BCE agree on branch responsibilities

[Germany/ Unions]
Next meeting of leftwing activists within ver.di union: Jan31, Dortmund

[Germany/ economy]
Industry 4.0: consequences for labour market and economy

[Turkey/ Germany]
Refugees welcome – Freedom of speech welcome – Not welcome Mr. Davutoğlu! For a world without borders, censorship & wars. Call for actions against joint German-Turkish cabinet meeting on Jan 22, Berlin

[Spain]
Unions rights under pressure all over EU – Spain as avant-garde: show trial against the „8 from Airbus“ to start in February: pleadge for 66 years in prison!

• Spanish:
• Entrevista a José Alcázar, de los 8 de Airbus
• Concentración en apoyo a „los 8 de Airbus“ a un mes del juicio
• El Ayuntamiento de Getafe aprueba solicitar la retirada de los cargos contra ‚los 8 de Airbus‘
• Acto en defensa de los 8 sindicalistas y trabajadores de Airbus a los que les piden 66 años de cárcel en conjunto
• SINDICALISTAS PIDEN APOYO PARA OCHO TRABAJADORES DE AIRBUS A JUICIO TRAS HUELGA GENERAL
• La FSC contra la represión política y social
• #HuelgaNoEsDelito

[France]
Solidarity with sentenced Goodyear workers: even meaontream media has to report

• French:
• Goodyear : d’une violence l’autre
• Nouvelles de l’appel des Goodyear
• Pas de conquêtes sociales sans libertés syndicales!

[France]
Call for rally in Paris (Jan 30) against state of emergeny admisntration’s constitutional revision

• French:
• Appel à la manifestation du 30 janvier contre l’état d’urgence et la déchéance de nationalité: La République ne se fera pas sans nous et encore moins contre nous!
• Manif 30 janvier etat urgence
• Nous ne céderons pas!

[China]
Solidarity with Chinese labor activists: interm balance

• English:
• Slandering of the workers‘ movement will not be permitted
• Workers in a Workers’ State

• French:
• Chine: le nouveau syndicalisme entre usine et prison

[Venezuela]
State of emegergency in Venezuela – pact with bourgeoisie?

• Spanish:
• Maduro y la oposición: de la confrontación a la cooperación
• Nace en Aragua la Contraloría Obrera
• La urgencia del Estado Comunal como alternativa al pacto con la burguesía y su programa económico

[Congo/ Germany]
Amnesty International report on child labor in Congo: German emissions scandal gansters among the profeteers

• English:
• Exposed: Child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries