Degrowth Café #15 - From car-parts to cargo-bikes: the case of GKN Collective

Schedule

Thu, 12 Nov, 2026 at 05:30 pm

UTC+01:00
Location

Folkets Hus | Copenhagen , SK

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CAN WORKERS LEAD THE GREEN TRANSITION?

Meet ex-GKN: the workers fighting for
a future where climate justice and workers’ rights go hand in hand.

5 YEARS OF STRUGGLE.
ONE RADICAL VISION.
From resisting factory closure to building an alternative, ex-GKN workers have organized, mobilized international solidarity, won legislative victories and raised over
€1 m through crowdfunding.

Now, it’s time to make their vision a reality.

THE NEXT STEP?
START PRODUCTION!
The workers are ready to turn their industrial plan into reality: producing cargo bikes as a concrete alternative to the fossil-fuel economy.

But they need support to get production off the ground.

SOLIDARITY IS A VERB.
Join us for a Degrowth Cafe with
ex-GKN workers and supporting activists.
We’ll exchange experiences of grassroots organizing, explore the connections between labour and climate struggles, and share strategies for building collective power✊

(Precarious and migrant) workers, unemployed people, activists and organizers: this space is for you.

HELP MAKE THE ALTERNATIVE REAL ✊
Supporting ex-GKN means more than defending jobs. It means proving that a worker-led, climate-just industrial future is possible.
The fight isn't over.
The next step is production.

💚 Support the fundraising campaign to make it happen.
https://www.produzionidalbasso.com/project/unazione-per-salvare-gff-dare-uno-schiaffo-in-faccia-al-sistema-non-ha-prezzo/

🚲 Purchase a cargo bike in solidarity.
https://insorgiamo.org/cargo-bike/
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Where is it happening?

Folkets Hus, Stengade 50, 2200 København N, Danmark, Copenhagen , Denmark

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