PRC-UTE
10th October 2009, 00:03
Ainur Kurmanov is the kind of organizer every union wants to have. He
campaigned with workers at the Almatinskii Wagon Factory, who went out
on strike, and the result was hundreds of jobs saved. He organized
workers at the Almatinskii Heavy Engineering Plant and the plant was
saved from bankruptcy and collapse. Because of his efforts, Ainur has
made some enemies in the Kazakh capital of Almaty, where he lives.
And a little more than two weeks ago, those enemies took their
revenge.
Ainur was coming home when he was savagely attacked from behind,
beaten with a metal pipe. He suffers from concussion and has a broken
finger. Someone was trying to send a message to Ainur and to the
workers of Kazakhstan.
It is time that we sent a message back.
The international trade union movement is calling on the Kazakh
government to launch an "immediate, unbiased and transparent
investigation" of the attack on Ainur.
That they have not yet done so is a bad sign. Next year Kazakhstan
assumes the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). This is a great time, therefore, to
remind the Kazakh government of its responsibilities as a law-abiding
nation.
Please take a moment to send off your message of protest:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=580
And please spread this message to your fellow trade union members and
all those who care about human rights.
Thank you -- and have a great weekend.
Eric Lee
campaigned with workers at the Almatinskii Wagon Factory, who went out
on strike, and the result was hundreds of jobs saved. He organized
workers at the Almatinskii Heavy Engineering Plant and the plant was
saved from bankruptcy and collapse. Because of his efforts, Ainur has
made some enemies in the Kazakh capital of Almaty, where he lives.
And a little more than two weeks ago, those enemies took their
revenge.
Ainur was coming home when he was savagely attacked from behind,
beaten with a metal pipe. He suffers from concussion and has a broken
finger. Someone was trying to send a message to Ainur and to the
workers of Kazakhstan.
It is time that we sent a message back.
The international trade union movement is calling on the Kazakh
government to launch an "immediate, unbiased and transparent
investigation" of the attack on Ainur.
That they have not yet done so is a bad sign. Next year Kazakhstan
assumes the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). This is a great time, therefore, to
remind the Kazakh government of its responsibilities as a law-abiding
nation.
Please take a moment to send off your message of protest:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=580
And please spread this message to your fellow trade union members and
all those who care about human rights.
Thank you -- and have a great weekend.
Eric Lee