GKN Workers start hunger strike for a worker-led transition in the most important struggle in Europe In the global war between rich and poor, [Video]

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It’s crunch time for the longest permanent factory assembly by workers in Italian history – and the most visionary struggle anywhere in Europe for a worker led transition away from fossil fuels.

On May 18th, workers at the GKN factory in Florence led another stunning demonstration of 10,000 people, calling for public intervention by the Tuscany regional government to hand the factory over to them – and uniting numerous struggles at the same time, from Palestine to deaths at work to trans rights, as they have done throughout their struggle.

Previously a factory producing parts for luxury cars that none of the workers could ever hope to afford, the workers went into permanent assembly in the factory back in July 2021 and stopped it from closing. Now they have come up with a reindustrialization plan to produce solar panels and cargo bikes – under workers’ control, and for the benefit …