[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Haiti: Union-busting under cover of rebellion

[Ricky Baldwin]

[There is an internet action at the end, but I thought
the news aspect deserved to appear on peace-discuss. -
RB]

--- Eric Lee <ericlee at labourstart.org> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:00:09 +0000
> From: Eric Lee <ericlee at labourstart.org>
> To: labourstart at unionlists.org.uk
> Subject: Haiti: Union-busting under cover of
> rebellion
> 
> Haiti has been all over the news for the last couple
> of weeks, but I can 
> almost guarantee that you haven't heard this story
> yet.
> 
> On Monday this week, 34 textile workers in northeast
> Haiti, members of a 
> union, were fired.  The next day, as fellow workers
> moved to take action 
> in their defense, armed "rebel" forces arrived at
> the factory -- invited 
> there by management.  Some workers were handcuffed. 
> Others were beaten 
> up.  The remaining workers were terrorized into
> returning to work.
> 
> In all the news coverage of the rebellion, of
> President Jean Bertrand 
> Aristide's departure from the country and the
> controversy surrounding 
> it, little attention has been paid to this brazen
> attempt at union-busting.
> 
> The union in Haiti has asked all of us to send a
> strong message of 
> protest not only the company (in the neighboring
> Dominican Republic), 
> but also to the Levi Strauss company, which is a
> major customer.
> 
> Please take a moment and go to
> http://www.labourstart.org/haiti/ to make 
> your voice heard.
> 
> And please pass on this message to your fellow union
> members.
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Eric Lee
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