ckaihatsu
17th April 2012, 09:32
Tell the IOC to Get Rio Tinto Off the Podium!
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Mining giant Rio Tinto’s reputation doesn’t even come close to the lofty ideals of the Olympic movement - friendship, solidarity and fair play. Instead Rio Tinto is infamous for increasing profits by driving down wages. Rio’s latest move is the months-long lockout of smelter workers in Quebec Canada because they refuse to let Rio Tinto replace retiring workers with contract employees who would earn half the wages for doing the same work.
Despite this, when the athletes take the podium at the London Olympics, the medals they take home will have been manufactured from metals supplied by Rio Tinto. No athlete should have to wear a medal tarnished by Rio Tinto’s practices.
The United Steelworkers is leading a global campaign to have the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reject Rio Tinto’s participation in the Olympic Games, helping to draw attention to Rio Tinto’s abuse of workers, their families and communities around the world. In just 20 seconds you can send a message asking IOC President Jacques Rogge to get Rio Tinto off the podium! Just go HERE. (http://labourstart.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=ada2185c6f&e=4e93ef2fad)
Aminul Islam, 1972-2012
Bangladeshi union organizer Aminul Islam devoted his short life to the people who, for a pittance and risking their lives (100 die in factory fires each year), make the name-brand clothes many of us wear. Last week Aminul was tortured and then murdered. The International Labour Rights Forum is trying to ensure that his murder is properly investigated and that the trade unionists who are continuing his work are protected. Join the ILRF campaign HERE. (http://labourstart.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=18385060cd&e=4e93ef2fad)
Derek Blackadder
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Mining giant Rio Tinto’s reputation doesn’t even come close to the lofty ideals of the Olympic movement - friendship, solidarity and fair play. Instead Rio Tinto is infamous for increasing profits by driving down wages. Rio’s latest move is the months-long lockout of smelter workers in Quebec Canada because they refuse to let Rio Tinto replace retiring workers with contract employees who would earn half the wages for doing the same work.
Despite this, when the athletes take the podium at the London Olympics, the medals they take home will have been manufactured from metals supplied by Rio Tinto. No athlete should have to wear a medal tarnished by Rio Tinto’s practices.
The United Steelworkers is leading a global campaign to have the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reject Rio Tinto’s participation in the Olympic Games, helping to draw attention to Rio Tinto’s abuse of workers, their families and communities around the world. In just 20 seconds you can send a message asking IOC President Jacques Rogge to get Rio Tinto off the podium! Just go HERE. (http://labourstart.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=ada2185c6f&e=4e93ef2fad)
Aminul Islam, 1972-2012
Bangladeshi union organizer Aminul Islam devoted his short life to the people who, for a pittance and risking their lives (100 die in factory fires each year), make the name-brand clothes many of us wear. Last week Aminul was tortured and then murdered. The International Labour Rights Forum is trying to ensure that his murder is properly investigated and that the trade unionists who are continuing his work are protected. Join the ILRF campaign HERE. (http://labourstart.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=18385060cd&e=4e93ef2fad)
Derek Blackadder
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