The Struggle at Manroland
Manroland: WSWS article unleashes debate in local newspaper
By our reporter, January 25, 2012
A recent article in the WSWS dealing with the sellout by the union of workers at Manroland has unleashed a lively debate in a German newspaper.
Germany: Manroland is broken up with the help of the union
By Ulrich Rippert, January 21, 2012
Rarely has the IG Metall trade union lined up so blatantly with management against workers as it has done in the case of the printing press manufacturer Manroland.
Mass layoffs hit German printing press industry
By Gustav Kemper, January 20, 2012
Secret agreements recently concluded by company management, creditors, liquidators and the IG Metall trade union will mean the loss of nearly 5,000 jobs in the German print machine industry.
Germany: Manroland workers protest job cuts
By our reporters, January 16, 2012
On January 13, several thousand Manroland workers demonstrated to defend their jobs following the announcement by liquidators that there would be massive job cuts at the printing press manufacturer.
Manroland employees in Plauen: “We have been lied to and cheated”
By Ernst Wolff, January 13, 2012
Workers at the Manroland print manufacturer spoke bitterly of their experiences with IG Metall, when questioned by a WSWS reporter team.
Several thousand layoffs imminent at German press manufacturer Manroland
By Ulrich Rippert, January 7, 2012
Representatives of Germany’s largest trade union, IG Metall, are offering their services to the liquidator intent on breaking up bankrupt printing press manufacturer Manroland.
German trade unions, management work to break up Manroland
By Marianne Arens, December 17, 2011
The insolvency of the second largest printing press manufacturer in the world places 6,500 jobs at stake.
Message to fighting Manroland workers
“Workers must unite internationally”
By Gustav Kemper, December 10, 2011
Greetings from an employee of global press manufacturer Goss International read at a meeting of the Socialist Equality Party near the Manroland factory in Offenbach.
Germany: Fierce debates at Manroland in Offenbach
By our reporters, December 10, 2011
It is increasingly clear that the bankruptcy at printing press manufacturers Manroland is part of a general attack on jobs and social achievements.
Germany: Angry Manroland workers protest against job losses
By our correspondents, December 6, 2011
Several thousand workers at Manroland, a major printing equipment manufacturer, demonstrated last Thursday at plants in Augsburg, Offenbach and Plauen in defence of their jobs.
Manroland: The defense of jobs and the role of the German trade unions
By Ulrich Rippert, December 6, 2011
If the fight against plant closures is left under the control of IG Metall, it is doomed to failure, with disastrous consequences not only for individual employees, but for the working class as a whole.
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