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The Free Workers’ Union (FAU), originally Free Workers’ Union, is an anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation consisting of local individual and sectoral trade unions. It was founded in 1977. FAU unions are open to workers in all industries. From the mid-2010s, FAU unions became known, among other things, for labor disputes involving migrant workers and disputes in the delivery industry. In this interview, Sarah Bekker, who is involved in the ranks of the FAU, talks about strategies of a platform company like Lieferando to disorganize and fragment workers, and she reflects on the organizational potentials of these same workers. The interview is part of a series of interviews conducted by the Peng Collective as a contribution to the “Silent Works” project. Watch a video statement by the Peng Collective here. Read more about their contribution to “Silent Works” in this brochure (pp. 28-29).