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

[Alfred Kagan]

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