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23rd May 2012, 06:13
Mexico: Human rights defender kidnapped and tortured
New campaign in Mexico. Two Olympics stories. Good news and bad from Egypt. And a great new book about Wisconsin 2011.
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In this week's mailing:
Mexico: Human rights defender kidnapped and tortured
Olympics I: Rio Tinto campaign - over 5,500 messages already sent
Olympics II: Let's make these fair games
Egypt: Good news and bad news
Wisconsin 2011: You supported the campaign - now buy the book
Mexico: Human rights defender kidnapped and tortured
José Enrique Morales Montaño, of the Center of Support for Workers (CAT) in Puebla was kidnapped and physically tortured on May 15, 2012 as he was headed to the Local Labor Board to accompany a group of textile workers who were fighting a case against a factory in the region. His captors kept a gun pressed to his head for extended periods of time, and threatened to kill him and the other members of the CAT. In the evening of the same day, they left him on an abandoned highway to Veracruz, and stole his cell phone and backpack; he suffered serious injuries.
Show your solidarity with those in Mexico defending human and labour rights and demand a swift resolution to this injustice.
Please take a moment to send off your protest message here:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1393&src=lsmm
Spread the word - build the campaign!
Olympics I: Rio Tinto campaign - over 5,500 messages already sent
The International Olympic Committee is meeting in Canada from Wednesday this week -- let's make sure they hear our message about Rio Tinto, which has locked out 780 workers who are standing up against the company's aggressive contracting-out demands at a highly profitable aluminium smelter in Alma, Quebec. If you've not yet done so, please send your message from here:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1391&src=lsmm
Olympics II: Let's make these fair games
And while we're on the subject of the Olympics, Playfair 2012 (backed by the International Trade Union Confederation) is calling on companies like Nike and Adidas to end exploitation in their workplaces in China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, some of which are producing London 2012 goods and uniforms for officials . Learn more and support their campaign here:
http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/what-you-can-do/fair-games/
Egypt: Good news and bad news
A few weeks ago we told you about Amnesty International's campaign to free jailed strikers from Egypt. The good news is that we've won - the workers have been released. Read more here:
http://amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE12/013/2012/en/041614a9-47a5-4f2e-8596-ab8e41991cb8/mde120132012en.html
Meanwhile, Egyptian courts are still dealing with the charges against Kamal Abbas, who as you may recall "insulted" a Mubarak-era trade union official at the ILO last June. Kamal needs our support now more than ever - please take a moment and send off your message if you've not yet done so:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1287&src=lsmm
Wisconsin 2011: You supported the campaign - now buy the book
The 2011 worker uprising in Wisconsin made history: hundreds of thousands of enraged workers and supporters converged on the state capital of Madison to protest the gutting of public employee collective bargaining. "Cut From Plain Cloth: The 2011 Wisconsin Workers Protests" is a moving and beautifully-executed new book which marks the event for the piece of history it is, documenting the stories of demonstrators ranging from dedicated and overworked teachers to an unsettled Vietnam vet who finally felt welcomed back to his country, from high school students supporting those teachers to a 79-year-old German immigrant with a history of speaking truth to power.
Their stories and 150 photos, many in color, paint an intimate portrait of the protesters. Share the passion, motivations, and humor of these everyday people who marched in the snow, stood in opposition to their government, captivated a nation and gave a huge boost to a struggling labor movement across the country.
Every copy sold through the UCS Labor Books Catalog will be signed by the author -- and every copy sold using this link benefits LabourStart and allows us to continue our campaigning activities. Buy it for yourself or as a gift for the union activist in your life:
http://commerce2.pair.com/unionist/ccp7/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=plaincloth&mktsrc=labourstart
Thank you!
Eric Lee
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New campaign in Mexico. Two Olympics stories. Good news and bad from Egypt. And a great new book about Wisconsin 2011.
Is this email not displaying correctly?
View it in your browser. (http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=e4948100e8&e=4e93ef2fad)
In this week's mailing:
Mexico: Human rights defender kidnapped and tortured
Olympics I: Rio Tinto campaign - over 5,500 messages already sent
Olympics II: Let's make these fair games
Egypt: Good news and bad news
Wisconsin 2011: You supported the campaign - now buy the book
Mexico: Human rights defender kidnapped and tortured
José Enrique Morales Montaño, of the Center of Support for Workers (CAT) in Puebla was kidnapped and physically tortured on May 15, 2012 as he was headed to the Local Labor Board to accompany a group of textile workers who were fighting a case against a factory in the region. His captors kept a gun pressed to his head for extended periods of time, and threatened to kill him and the other members of the CAT. In the evening of the same day, they left him on an abandoned highway to Veracruz, and stole his cell phone and backpack; he suffered serious injuries.
Show your solidarity with those in Mexico defending human and labour rights and demand a swift resolution to this injustice.
Please take a moment to send off your protest message here:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1393&src=lsmm
Spread the word - build the campaign!
Olympics I: Rio Tinto campaign - over 5,500 messages already sent
The International Olympic Committee is meeting in Canada from Wednesday this week -- let's make sure they hear our message about Rio Tinto, which has locked out 780 workers who are standing up against the company's aggressive contracting-out demands at a highly profitable aluminium smelter in Alma, Quebec. If you've not yet done so, please send your message from here:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1391&src=lsmm
Olympics II: Let's make these fair games
And while we're on the subject of the Olympics, Playfair 2012 (backed by the International Trade Union Confederation) is calling on companies like Nike and Adidas to end exploitation in their workplaces in China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, some of which are producing London 2012 goods and uniforms for officials . Learn more and support their campaign here:
http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/what-you-can-do/fair-games/
Egypt: Good news and bad news
A few weeks ago we told you about Amnesty International's campaign to free jailed strikers from Egypt. The good news is that we've won - the workers have been released. Read more here:
http://amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE12/013/2012/en/041614a9-47a5-4f2e-8596-ab8e41991cb8/mde120132012en.html
Meanwhile, Egyptian courts are still dealing with the charges against Kamal Abbas, who as you may recall "insulted" a Mubarak-era trade union official at the ILO last June. Kamal needs our support now more than ever - please take a moment and send off your message if you've not yet done so:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1287&src=lsmm
Wisconsin 2011: You supported the campaign - now buy the book
The 2011 worker uprising in Wisconsin made history: hundreds of thousands of enraged workers and supporters converged on the state capital of Madison to protest the gutting of public employee collective bargaining. "Cut From Plain Cloth: The 2011 Wisconsin Workers Protests" is a moving and beautifully-executed new book which marks the event for the piece of history it is, documenting the stories of demonstrators ranging from dedicated and overworked teachers to an unsettled Vietnam vet who finally felt welcomed back to his country, from high school students supporting those teachers to a 79-year-old German immigrant with a history of speaking truth to power.
Their stories and 150 photos, many in color, paint an intimate portrait of the protesters. Share the passion, motivations, and humor of these everyday people who marched in the snow, stood in opposition to their government, captivated a nation and gave a huge boost to a struggling labor movement across the country.
Every copy sold through the UCS Labor Books Catalog will be signed by the author -- and every copy sold using this link benefits LabourStart and allows us to continue our campaigning activities. Buy it for yourself or as a gift for the union activist in your life:
http://commerce2.pair.com/unionist/ccp7/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=plaincloth&mktsrc=labourstart
Thank you!
Eric Lee
---
Which campaigns have I missed? Click here to find out.
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