At my homepage www.rolf-martens.com I've added today, under "News with
brief
comments":
Friday, 18 January 2008 (NWBC 340) Please sign Open Letter in Sup****t of
the
Mineworkers of Cananea (Mexico)
2008-01-18, 08:11 GMT:
Earlier today, David Walters <dave.walters@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> sent this message
to
the Modern Marxism mailing list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modern_marxism/
(the list's message #852),
[QUOTE:]
Sup****t of the Mineworkers of Cananea!
OWC - Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union Independence &
Democratic
Rights, c/o S.F. Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA
94109. Phone: (415) 641-8616 Fax: (415) 440-9297.
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Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Tomorrow, Friday January 18, in the Casa de Cultura of the SITUAM trade
union
in Mexico City, there will a meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the
Second Continental Conference Against Free Trade and Privatizations (April
4-6,
2008 in Mexico City).
We write to let you know that the CNPA peasants' federation, the National
Union
of Mineworkers, the National Democratic Convention (CND) of Andrés Manuel
López
Obrador, and the Alianza de Tranviarios de México, as well as the MONAE,
have
come on board the Conference Preparatory Committee. In addition, the
Conference
is part of the plan of action of the organizations that participate in the
"National Dialogue."
We ask that you please add your name today to the Letter in Sup****t of the
Mineworkers of Cananea, and for the Removal of the Police from the Mines,
and
for the Full Respect for Labor Rights. You will find a coupon and the
letter
attached below. We ask that you fill it out and send it ASAP to the
Preparatory
Committee in Mexico (segundoencuentrocontinental@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) and/or our
email in
the U.S. (ilcinfo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
).
It is im****tant that hundreds of signatures be sent to the Preparatory
Committee meeting tomorrow, so that the Committee members, together with
the
Mineworkers' union representatives, can publicize this international
sup****t
widely throughout Mexico at their press conference.
We thank you in advance for your sup****t to this Open Letter.
In solidarity,
Eduardo Rosario and Alan Benjamin,
For the U.S. Organizing Committee
of the Second Continental Conference
[Letter and coupon followed; these are shown below here.]
[END OF QUOTE]
Thank you for this information and suggestion, David. I on my part
recently
sent the below message, and I second your suggestion that others send
similar
ones. This will also go to several newsgroups, mailing lists and
individual
e-mail addresses.
[QUOTE:]
From:
Rolf Martens <rolf.martens@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Date:
Fri., 18 January 2008 08:06 GMT
To:
segundoencuentrocontinental@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
ilcinfo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Signing Open Letter in Sup****t of the Mineworkers of Cananea
Open Letter in Sup****t of the Mineworkers of Cananea, for the Removal of
the
Police from the Mines, and for the Full Respect for Labor Rights
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Preparatory Committee of the Second
Continental Conference:
We have been informed by the U.S. Organizing Committee of the Second
Continental Conference that on January 14, the Mexican Secretary of Labor
moved
to break the six-month strike of the mineworkers of the heroic town of
Cananea,
Sonora, using thousands of units of the federal police (PFP) and the army
itself.
We have also been informed that Mexican working people, with its
organizations,
are resisting and fighting back. On January 16, the National Mineworkers
Union
organized a strike in the first ****ft of all its local affiliates
throughout
Mexico, shutting down 85 different mines from north to south, and has
called
for a demonstration on January 22 in defense of the right to strike and
for the
removal of the police from the mines.
With this letter we convey our full sup****t for the mineworkers in
struggle in
Cananea, as well as our sup****t for the demands raised by the Mineworkers
Union: the immediate removal of the PFP police from the mine and for the
respect of labor rights and the collective bargaining contracts of the
mineworkers.
Sincerely,
[follows list of signatories]
_________________
ENDORSEMENT COUPON
[x] Please add my name to the list of signers of this letter
NAME:
Rolf Martens
ORGANIZATION/UNION:
Industry/Metalworkers' Union, Sweden
EMAIL:
rolf.martens@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
CITY/COUNTRY:
Malmö, Sweden
_____________________
Message posted by:
Rolf Martens
Malmö, Sweden
Phone and fax:
+46 - 40 - 124832;
rolf.martens@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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