Forward Union
17th October 2011, 23:12
Seven thousand Suzuki workers in India need our help today.
Following an intense, and sometimes violent, month-long struggle, they finally reached agreement with the employer at the end of September.
But when they returned to work, it turned out that Suzuki had changed its mind, and was not going to abide by the agreement it had signed.
The result has been a resumption of the strike, with a violent reaction from management.
Shots have been fired at the strikers.
And the government is taking management's side, declaring the strike to be "illegal".
Those workers, with the support of the International Metalworkers Federation, are asking for us to send messages -- thousands of messages -- to the company demanding that it stop the violence, and respect the agreement it signed with its workers.
Show your support here (ttp://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1136)
Following an intense, and sometimes violent, month-long struggle, they finally reached agreement with the employer at the end of September.
But when they returned to work, it turned out that Suzuki had changed its mind, and was not going to abide by the agreement it had signed.
The result has been a resumption of the strike, with a violent reaction from management.
Shots have been fired at the strikers.
And the government is taking management's side, declaring the strike to be "illegal".
Those workers, with the support of the International Metalworkers Federation, are asking for us to send messages -- thousands of messages -- to the company demanding that it stop the violence, and respect the agreement it signed with its workers.
Show your support here (ttp://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1136)