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Air to Breathe: 40 Years of Opposition at Opel in Bochum / Luft zum Atmen: 40 Jahre Opposition bei Opel in Bochum
In 1972, several workers and revolutionaries at Opel Bochum founded the Group of Oppositional Trade Unionists (GoG). The GoG existed for more than forty years and strengthened the spirit of resistance among the Bochum workforce through its radical workplace organizing.
As works council members, they passed confidential information on to the workforce, organized eight-hour works meetings, fought the persecution of sick workers, created their own educational leave, and even tried to establish direct international solidarity between General Motors workforces across Europe in response to plant blackmail in the 1990s.
Their radical activities culminated in the most important wildcat strike in post-war German history, when the workforce occupied the plant for six days in October 2004 and brought production across Europe to a standstill.
A portrait of colleagues who made themselves heard. Their determined practice of workplace politics from below shows that resistance is possible — today as well as in large companies.
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As works council members, they passed confidential information on to the workforce, organized eight-hour works meetings, fought the persecution of sick workers, created their own educational leave, and even tried to establish direct international solidarity between General Motors workforces across Europe in response to plant blackmail in the 1990s.
Their radical activities culminated in the most important wildcat strike in post-war German history, when the workforce occupied the plant for six days in October 2004 and brought production across Europe to a standstill.
A portrait of colleagues who made themselves heard. Their determined practice of workplace politics from below shows that resistance is possible — today as well as in large companies.
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