Solidarity Federation | Section of the International Workers Association

Photo From The Anti-Workfare Walk Of Shame Monday May 6th

The British Heart Foundation Uses Forced Unpaid Labour.

We also picketed Poundland, Dorothy Perkins, Burtons, Top Man/Top Shop and Debenhams. If previous holidays are anything to go by Workfare companies will have had people in working for nothing on Workfare rather than pay their regular staff holiday pay for the Bank holiday.

More photos on our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.303056203160897.1073741827.237568036376381

Why You Should Join An Anarcho-syndicalist Union

Talk by 2 members of the FAU, the sister organisation of the Solidarity Federation in Germany, in English, about why you should join an anarcho-syndicalist union. It includes first hand experience from a FAU member of two small, but successful teachers' struggles using direct action tactics.

Boycott Workfare Glasgow 23rd March

A couple of photos from today's pickets can be found here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glasgow-Solidarity-Federation/237568036376381

'Fighting For Ourselves' SolFed Book Launches Scotland Thurs. 28th Feb. & Fri. 1st March

Edinburgh Thursday 28^th February 8p.m.-9.30p.m.

Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, 17 West Montgomery Place, EH7 5HA

http://www.facebook.com/events/485857831450575/

Glasgow Friday 1^st March 7p.m.-9p.m.

Glasgow Social Centre, Basement, Garnethill MultiCultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RE

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/132310493602348/

Anarcho-Syndicalism And The Class Struggle – Solidarity Federation

Introductory talk by one of the co-authors followed by discussion

Anti-Workfare Pickets Glasgow Report

On Saturday 8^th December as part of the Boycott Workfare Week Of Action a couple of dozen people from Clydeside Industrial Workers Of The World, the Crutch Collective, Glasgow Anarchist Federation, Glasgow Solidarity Federation, the Right To Work Campaign and other individuals leafleted a branch of Superdrug in one of the city centre's busiest streets. The one thousand leaflets given out highlighted Superdrug taking on even more people on the Government's 'Work Experience' workfare scheme for the Christmas period. The extra people on workfare means less holiday pay for the regular staff. There was a lot of police about and Superdrug had hired extra security for the day. However the combination of the picket, the leaflet saying, 'Don't Shop At Superdrug' and the added security costs meant we succeeded in our objective of costing Superdrug money for using Workfare.