The Workers' Initiative ( pl, Inicjatywa Pracownicza or ''IP'') is a Polish

anarcho-syndicalist Anarcho-syndicalism is a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that views revolutionary industrial unionism or syndicalism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and thus control influence in b ...

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

. IP was established in the second half of 2001 as an informal

anarchists Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessari ...

group whose objective was the common struggle for workers' rights. As a formal nationwide anarcho-syndicalist trade union IP began to act in September 2004. The Workers' Initiative participated in protests against group layoffs at H. Cegielski – Poznań, at

Poczta Polska Poczta Polska ( lit. ''Polish Post'') is the state postal administration of Poland, initially founded in 1558. It is the largest mail-handling company in the country, which additionally provides courier, banking, insurance and logistics serv ...

, at an

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shopping center, and for healthcare. Members also participated in the counter-protest to a 2012

neonazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack ...

march in

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."Frankfurt: Blokada przemarszu neonazistów"
(epoznan.pl)

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Workers' Initiative

Inicjatywa Pracownicza
2001 establishments in Poland Anarchist organizations in Poland Anarcho-syndicalism Libertarian socialist organizations National trade union centers of Poland Trade unions established in 2001 Trade unions in Poland Syndicalist trade unions {{poland-org-stub