Workers at Mining Industry factory in Northern Greece vote for and prepare for
self-management of their factory – victory to the workers! ---- Concerning the struggle at
VIOMIHANIKI METALLEYTIKI (Mining Industry) in Thessaloniki ---- The administration of
VIOMIHANIKI METALLEYTIKI, a subsidiary of Filkeram-Johnson, has abandoned the factory
since May 2011, along with its workers. In response, the workers of the factory abstain
from work (epishesi ergasias: the legal right of workers to abstain from work should their
employer delay their payment) since September 2011. The Workers Union at Viomihaniki
Metalleutiki has organised 40 workers all of which are, to date (one year after the
closure of the factory) active, taking shifts at the factory to ensure that no equipment
is removed by the administration or stolen. All the workers also participate in the
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