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In the collective bargaining in the steel industry, the IG-Metall union leadership and the steel employers' association agreed on a new collective agreement on 15 June. According to the agreement, 6.5 per cent more wages will be paid as of 1 August. In addition, a one-off payment of 500 euros, or 200 euros for apprentices, will be paid. The new collective agreement, which will run for 18 months, has so far been negotiated for the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen. Here alone 68,000 workers are employed in the steel industry.

A cop in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, recently filmed himself beating up a man in a cell with his bodycam. He hit the 41-year-old man, whom he had arrested beforehand, several times with his head against a cell wall. The whole thing was done in the presence of his superior and his patrol partner, who calmly watched their colleague's violent excess.

We share footage of Dazibaos from Bremen sent to us, condemning in Spanish and German language the terror of the old Brazilian state in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, reading: “Military police out of the favelas, now! Mass slaughter in Vila Cruzeiro is state terrorism! Every drop of blood of the Brazilian people will be paid tenfold by the oppressors!"

For years now, people have been made to believe that inflation is the result of events outside the economy. The price increases are to be accepted as consequence of "Corona crisis" and "Ukraine crisis".

The comrades of Rote Presse have informed us that issue 51 of the Rote Post is online. Furthermore, they have also informed us that after the latest issue reaches them, they will publish the respective previous issue. The latest updated issue can be found here.

 

Proletarians of all countries, unite!

 

End the Repression of People’s Lawyer Lenir Correia Coelho!

In november last year the people’s lawyer Lenir Correia’s house was raided in connection with the struggles of the peasent’s movement by the Police Department for Repression of Organized Crime. Now the lawyer is accused to be the “leader of a criminal organisation”. The accusation says also that this so-called organisation "invades private lands in the state of Rondonia".

We reproduce a translation of a short post published yesterday on political-prisoners.net.

Today, a delegation of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra revisited Georges Abdallah in Lannemezan prison. Despite more than 37 years in prison, the Lebanese communist and activist for the Palestinian cause remains true to his principles and convictions. It is up to us to intensify the campaign for his immediate release!

Despite ideal weather, full fields and low prices, we keep hearing about farmers who are stuck with their asparagus and strawberries.