ckaihatsu
15th October 2010, 21:37
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=790
500 strikers arrested - urgent need for protest messages
The arrest of one worker whose only crime was to go on strike -- that's reason enough to get angry, and to protest and campaign.
But what do you do when 500 workers are arrested?
That's the situation today in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where some 500 workers have been jailed following their strike against electronics manufacturer Foxconn.
That name should ring a bell -- Foxconn's Chinese factories were the scene of a series of worker suicides earlier this year.
In the next few hours and days, we need to flood the offices of state officials with the demand that all the jailed workers be released.
Please do two things right now:
Send off your message here
Spread the word in your union -- let's mobilize thousands in support of this campaign!
Thanks - and have a great weekend.
Eric Lee
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500 strikers arrested - urgent need for protest messages
The arrest of one worker whose only crime was to go on strike -- that's reason enough to get angry, and to protest and campaign.
But what do you do when 500 workers are arrested?
That's the situation today in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where some 500 workers have been jailed following their strike against electronics manufacturer Foxconn.
That name should ring a bell -- Foxconn's Chinese factories were the scene of a series of worker suicides earlier this year.
In the next few hours and days, we need to flood the offices of state officials with the demand that all the jailed workers be released.
Please do two things right now:
Send off your message here
Spread the word in your union -- let's mobilize thousands in support of this campaign!
Thanks - and have a great weekend.
Eric Lee
Check out our home page for breaking labour news from around the world. All our current active campaigns are here -- make sure you've signed up to all of them.
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