The '''Workers' Initiative **(**IP**)** '''is an
[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink") [trade
union](Trade_Union "wikilink") based in [Poland](Poland "wikilink").
Founded in
[2001](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Eastern_Europe "wikilink"),
it has helped support [striking workers](Strike "wikilink") in
healthcare, supermarkets and factories and worked with
[anti-fascists](Anti-Fascism "wikilink") in Poland and
[Germany](Germany "wikilink").

## Timeline

  - 2002: IP protests against the loss of legal worker protections
  - 2000s: IP organises protests in supermarkets, factories and
    hospitals to protect workers' rights
  - 2012: IP helps block neo-nazis in Frankfurt, Germany
  - 2012: IP helps organise 'bread instead of the olympic games' in
    protest of soccer matches