The Workers' Initiative ( pl, Inicjatywa Pracownicza or ''IP'') is a Polish
anarcho-syndicalist trade union. IP was established in the second half of 2001 as an informal
anarchists 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
H. Cegielski – Poznań S.A. is a Polish manufacturing company from the city of Poznań. The company is locally known as ''Ceglorz'', and since 1923 has also used the HCP symbol. After the fall of communism, Cegielski became a joint stock compan ...
, at
Poczta Polska, at an
Auchan
Auchan () is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company.
With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% s ...
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
Frankfurt an der Oder.
"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
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