Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:24:16 +0100 From: Hugh Rodwell <m-14970-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se> Subject: M-I: Denmark -- general strike More on the Danish general strike (with a word or two about the left in Denmark). Cheers, Hugh >Two newsbulletins: >--- > >Danish workers will strike! > >The danish Trade Union National Organisation (LO) stated on Friday 24th >April that they have refused to accept the offers from the employers >league and called a national strike. > This strike begins on Monday 27th April and will affect 500,000 >workers in the private sector alone, mainly in heavy industry and >communication. In a country with a population of 5,000,000, people, this >means that Denmark will be shut down completely, with the strike >affecting communication, it will be impossible to even fly to Denmarks >national airport, Kastrup. This has already been recognised by the >employers league. The employers have answered by proclaiming a national >lockout. > The strike, which is the biggest since the 1985 easter strike, was >from the beginning meant to be called over a month ago, during the >elections, but the trade union leaders managed to delay until now. >Denmark has had a Social democratic gov't a couple of years now and the >gov't is now weaker than ever, media guessed that it even wouldn't be >strong enough to defend it's place this election. It runs the gov't >together with an agrarian party called "Radikale Venstre". > The Usec has a couple of parliamen seats, but is more focused on >environmental issues than class struggle. The largest far left party in >Denmark is The Danmarks Kommunistiska Parti/Marxister-Leninister, which >publishes a daily paper. Among the trotskyist left, the Internationale >Socialister ("cliffites") is the largest group, followed by the Usec and >then the lambertists. There are also a number of small groups; a section >of Ted Grants tendency, one of the ITO and one of the LCMRCI > > >Cheklist for danish national strike: > >FOOD INDUSTRY: Workers will strike. Vegetables, milk and the famous >danish beacon will be very rare the following days. The two largest >dairies, MD and Kloevermaelk, seems to be contracting scabs to drive >milk tank trucks for them. But the petrol tank truck drivers are >striking too, so the scabs will not have a "job" for very long. > >BREWERIES: Total strike too. No more danish lager. > >TRUCKERS: Total strike, which means no land transports. > >FERRIES: Total strike. Swedish personell acting as scabs by refusing to >to go out in sympathy strikes, which means that ferries will keep on >going between Denmark and Sweden (which is the biggest market for danish >ferry lines). > >AIR TRANSPORT: Some company personell are out on strike. Important >ground control personell are out on strike, which means that only very, >very samll aircrafts can fly. > >PETROL: The tank truck drivers are striking, which means that gas >stations will shut down, although the personell is not striking, since >they've only got oil and petrol in stock to cover Monday and Tuesday. > >HEAVY INDUSTRY: Total strike. ALL blue collar professions are out on >strike. > >RESTAURANTS & HOTELS: Problems with unorganized labour in big scale. >They few ones organized will strike, however. But with no food, no >drink, no transport and no washeries, theese will have to shut down too. > >CLEANERS: Total strike. > >WASHERIES: Total strike. > >NEWSPAPERS, GRAPHICS, PRINTERS: Total strike, only "Jyllandsposten" will >keep on being published. TV workers are not striking though. > >CHARTER TRAVELS: Strike among some companies > >TIVOLIS: The famous danish national tivoli "Tivoli" is shut down. The >second most famous, "Bakken" is contracting scabs and has had a policy >of union busting. > >BUSSES: The militant danish bus drivers are out on strike. The strike, >which is a privat sector strike, has had sympathy strikes being declared >from one public sector branch alone, the bus drivers. Trains are, >however, not striking, but the personell on train restaurants as well as >the train cleaners are on strike. > >TAXIS: Some Taxi drivers are out on strike. > >CONSTRUCTION: Total strike in all construction professions. >--- > >I'll be back! > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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