Since Friday the 11th May, at Deutsche Telekom, the largest provider of telecommunications strike in Europe. So far, involved up to 16,000 workers per day on the nationwide strike action. Previously, 96.5% had voted for the telecom workers Verdi members in the ballot for the strike. But what are the reasons for this first strike since the privatization of the group 12 years ago?
Die Deutsche Telekom will die Servicebeschäftigten und MonteurInnen aus den Sparten Call Center, Technische Infrastruktur und Technischer Kundendienst ausgliedern. Das würde für 50.000 Beschäftigte ca. 4 Stunden mehr Arbeitszeit in der Woche und 9% weniger Lohn bedeuten. Bei den Verhandlungen zwischen dem Unternehmen und der Gewerkschaft vor der Urabstimmung zeigte sich, dass die schlechtere Bezahlung und die längeren Arbeitszeiten nicht einmal zu einer relativen Sicherheit des Arbeitsplatzes beigetragen hätten, denn das beste Angebot der Telekom war ein Kündigungsschutz von nur drei Jahren und ein genauso langer Verzicht auf den Verkauf dieser Sparten.
Es handelt sich demnach these strikes do not primarily a struggle against the loss of jobs, as with most other strikes in recent years, but a defensive struggle against the threat of deteriorating working conditions. Such defensive actions are also urgently needed, because in the wake of discussions about job losses and massive unemployment in recent years, the working conditions deteriorated dramatically. The 345 € Unemployment benefit 2 turn out to be an effective threat of even the most poorly paid job or unpaid Parktikumsplatz accept to work for less money, or other special payments, such as to dispense with Christmas and holiday pay. No wonder that "our" Economy is booming, if we need villains to ever worsening conditions and for less money longer.
That the telecom, despite millions in profits, their employees at lower wages will have to work longer, shows clearly what the workers represented by capital. The ideology of the social market economy, said that the economic interests of the employers and the welfare of wage earners do not face. But it is different, in reality, the wages of workers, a cost factor to the profit maximization of the company stands in your way. Thus is the reward for the wage earners of living with which they must cope, but at the same für das Unternehmen eine Profitschmälerung. Denn der Zweck eines Unternehmens ist nicht die Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen, wie es uns jeden Tag aus den Medien entgegenschallt, sondern die Erzielung möglichst hohen Profits.
Die einzelnen Unternehmen befinden sich im permanenten Konkurrenzkampf miteinander, deswegen müssen sie versuchen ihre jeweiligen Waren billiger als ihre Konkurrenz herzustellen und dabei Kosten zu senken. Die Unternehmen können die anderen Kostenfaktoren wie den Ölpreis oder die Höhe der Steuern nicht direkt bestimmen und so wird meistens das flexible Kapital, also der Lohn, gesenkt. Die Telekom versucht also nicht aus bösem Willen oder aufgrund der Unfähigkeit through with the management of the threatened cuts, but she is forced, if they do not want to go down in the general competition to keep costs down. These laws and their social consequences are inherent to capitalism and no excesses like "predator-or turbo-capitalism". For this reason, a decent life for all possible even beyond the logic of capitalist profit and we should finally start to think about a world in which human needs are paramount and not the almost obsessive collecting of the value. to prevent
The only sensible way to the threatened deterioration is the power struggle with the company record and make clear that the resistance of the workers caused so much cost that it is not worthwhile for the company to maintain the cuts. Telekom has recognized this and tried by outlawing the strike, scabs premiums and the hiring of temporary workers to quit. The attempts by the telecoms to break the strike, however, demonstrate only that the workers are on the right track with this.
Not only the employees of the Telekom are faced with the threats to their living conditions faced in other telecommunications companies such as Siemens, Nokia and Arcor, the workers' struggle against the intentions of the respective capitalists. These struggles, which are carried by the same interests, be conducted but at this time still fragmented and isolated, would be much stronger if they were out in solidarity with each other. Only through practical solidarity in the struggle to get each group the power they need to win this. And only in such a conflict, and the proceeding therein processes can occur any idea of what a world is possible without exploitation, alienation and isolation.
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