Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:43:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "L.R.F." <trinity-AT-hot-shot.com>
Subject: M-G: UNION







> Abolish wage-slavery; organize One Big Democratic Classwide Union.
> http://iww.org/join/
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:09:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: Alan Benjamin <theorganizer-AT-igc.org>
> Subject: victory at Han Houng
> 
> Dear Brothers and Sisters:
> 
> I just received a phone call at noon today (Sat., Dec. 13) from Jim
> Clifford, who works with Mary Tong at the Support Committee for Maquiladora
> Workers in San Diego. Jim said that at 9 a.m. this morning, top managers of
> Hyundai and Han Young held a press conference in Tijuana announcing that
> they were meeting all the hunger strikers' demands. Specifically, they
> pledged to (1) recognize the indepen
> dent union STIMAHCS as the collective-bargaining agent for the Han Young
> workers (2) fire all the scabs ("replacement workers") brought in from
> Veracruz and elsewhere, and (3) rehire all the workers fired for supporting
> the independent union, with full back pay.
> 
> Jim also said there would be another press conference at 1 p.m. today at the
> site of the hunger strike (the temporary union organizing center) where the
> Han Young management and leaders of the independent FAT-affiliated union
> would appear together to announce the recognition of the independent union.
> The press conference would also announce the end of the hunger strike.
> 
> I called the San Diego office just a few minutes ago to get confirmation of
> the 1 p.m. press conference. As expected, the press conference was held, and
> the hunger strike was called off. All the workers=b9 demands were met.
> 
> This is a gigantic victory! It represents the first time in the maquiladora
> border zone that an independent union is recognized by a company as the
> collective bargaining agent. It is obvious that Hyundai felt the heat from
> the movement that was built in support of the workers: massive letter
> protest campaign, Hyundai boycott campaign, protests at Hyundai dealerships,
> international support campaign, etc.
> 
> There is still one hitch, of course =8b and that is the Mexican government. As
> things stand now, only the company has recognized the STIMAHCS union, not
> the Mexican Labor Board. Jim asked us to keep the heat on the Mexican
> government =8b President Ernesto Zedillo at fax 011-525-515-4783 =8b demanding
> that the government immediately recognize the union. It is unlikely the
> government will refuse to do this now that the company has signed an
> agreement with STIMAHCS =8b but that possibility cannot be ruled out. That is
> why we must maintain a letter/fax campaign to the Mexican government.
> 
> Jim asked me to thank all the people who worked on the Western Hemisphere
> Workers Conference and all the supporters in the Bay Area for their efforts
> on behalf of the Han Young workers.
> 
> It is a great victory, a gigantic victory!
> 
> We helped to stop Fast Track. And we helped to win a victory at Han Young> Let's keep up the winning record by stopping the FTAA and the MAI. It is
> clear that Clinton is going to revive Fast Track in January/February. He
> will undoubtedly try to sweeten the deal with more pledges to include =8b
> unenforceable =8b labor and environmental clauses. We will have our work cut
> out for us. The April Continental Day of Action will therefore be extremely
> timely.
> 
> Forward Ever! Si Se Puede!
> 
> Alan Benjamin
> 
> 
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>....

                                       Liam R.Flynn
                                  liam-AT-stones.com
                                       ICQ*5031073
                  
                 


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