We, the Internationalist Commune of Rojava, condemn the attack on six members of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). An attack that shows the Spanish state is widening its repression of unions in an attempt to weaken workers who fight for better conditions at work.
La Suiza Six are CNT members, 5 women and 1 man, who were involved to varying degrees in a trade union conflict that the CNT Xixón (Asturies) has with the bakery, La Suiza. The case has been going on since 2017 after union members organised themselves to challenge the treatment of a worker at the bakery. One of the members of La Suiza Six is the worker herself, who was working in the bakery and brought to light the conditions she was working in. Some of the other members participated in the protests against the bakery. They received heavy sentences of three and a half years in prison and a fine of over €125,000 to compensate the bakery’s owner, €90,000 of which is for moral damages to the businessman and his wife and two adult children.
The workers fought the sentences and their legal battle brought the case to the Spanish state’s Supreme Court but the court upheld the sentences on 24 June 2024.
You can find out more about the case here https://6delasuiza.info/#
Today, we answer the call from our friends in Spain and join with the hundreds of friends who’ve taken their own direct actions to denounce this ruling of a huge fine and time in prison.
From us here in Rojava to Xixón, Spain we send our love, strength, and solidarity to La Suiza Six, CNT members, and all workers fighting for a better world.
An injury to one is an injury to all!
Syndicalism is not a crime!!
An serkeftin an serkeftin (For victory or victory)!!!