Olympic Dream or Workers' Nightmare? - IWW report on working conditions at the London 2012 Olympics site

from hsn, 29 June 2009:

This report documents and critically analyses the working conditions of construction workers on the Stratford City development site of the 2012 Olympic Games. We base our findings entirely on the accounts of anonymous IWW and non-IWW construction workers employed there.

The report documents widespread mismanagement and a lack of resources devoted to ensuring that health and safety standards are maintained. Police intimidation of workers and harassment union activists is also documented.

We argue that the underlying problems experienced by the workers are based in the domination of the worksite by management and the lack of rank-andfile control of the recognised union.

We propose that workers organise collectively to defend and promote their economic interests as workers, against the interests of the employers which are fundamentally irreconcilable with them.

Additionally, our evidence demonstrated that practices of ‘partnership’ are not sufficient to ensure that workers’ health and safety is upheld.

The content of this report is entirely the work of the authors, and does not claim to fully represent the opinions of the entire IWW union.

Full report PDF :
http://london.indymedia.org.uk/system/file_upload/2009/06/24/73/olympic_...

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