Urge Spanish Gov't to Drop Charges/Prison Sentences Against Trade Unionists for Exerc

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Urge Spanish Gov't to Drop Charges/Prison Sentences Against Trade Unionists for Exercising their Right to Strike


Dear Sisters and Brothers,

We write this letter to urge you to please sign on to the Appeal below to the Spanish government, calling for the charges to be dropped against trade unionists in Spain facing stiff prison sentences for exercising their right to strike. The appeal also calls on the Spanish government to repeal Article 315.3 of its Penal Code and to respect the right to strike and all the Conventions of the International Labor Organization that Spain has ratified.

On Tuesday, February 18, an International Day of Action in support of the embattled Spanish trade unionists is being organized by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), to which the AFL-CIO is affiliated. The demands listed below are the ones being raised by the ITUC.

We would like to gather dozens and dozens of endorsements in support of this Appeal prior to February 18 so that we can send it to the Spanish ambassador on this date, and so that our appeal, with all its endorsers, can be distributed to the Spanish press and read out to the trade unionists across Spain who will be mobilized to demand the right to strike.

Please fill out the coupon below and return it asap to <[email protected]>. Also please feel free to circulate this Appeal widely to friends, co-workers and fellow unionists.

Thanks, in advance, for your support. We look forward to hearing back from you,

In solidarity,

Nancy Wohlforth,* Vice President, California Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO)
Donna Dewitt,* Past President, South Carolina AFL-CIO
Alan Benjamin,* Executive Board member, San Francisco Labor Council

(union titles listed for identification purposes only)

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I ENDORSE THE APPEAL TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT

NAME

UNION / ORGANIZATION (and title, list if for id. only)

CITY

STATE

EMAIL

(please fill out coupon and return to [email protected])

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Drop the Charges Against the Airbus 8 and the 300 Other
Trade Unionists Prosecuted for Taking Strike Action!
Respect the Right to Strike and the Conventions of the ILO!

Attention:
Ambassador Ramón Gil Casares Satrústegui
Embassy of Spain in the United States
2375 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20037

Dear Ambassador Ramón Gil Casares Satrústegui,

We -- the undersigned trade unionists and supporters of trade union rights in the United States -- call upon you to relay to your government in Madrid our most urgent appeal that all charges leveled by the Spanish authorities against 8 Airbus trade unionists (7 members of the Workers’ Commissions / CCOO and 1 UGT member) be dropped immediately.

In addition we call for (1) all charges to be dropped against 300 other trade unionists charged with organizing informational picketlines during the recent general strikes and/or workplace and sectoral strikes, and (2) the repeal of Spain’s Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, which provides for prison sentences for trade unionists who take part in informational picketlines during a strike.

We have been informed by the Platform of Trade Unionists for Democracy and Trade Union Independence in Spain that the Airbus 8 are currently on trial for events that took place in front of the gate of the Getafe factory during the 2010 general strike against the reform of the employment laws – events resulting from the brutal police assault on the striking workers. The public prosecutor’s office is asking for a prison sentence of 8 years and 3 months for each of the 8 trade unionists, a total of 66 years.

During the first preliminary hearing that took place last December, the accused Airbus 8 turned down the public prosecutor’s offer to reduce the penalty from 8 years and 3 months to 2 years, since this would have involved agreeing that they had committed the crimes with which they were charged -- and of which they are completely innocent. As a result, the charges stand as they were.

Already prison sentences have been handed down in trials in Pontevedra, Grenada and Asturias -- the latter involving five UGT members at Arcelor’s Gijón plant who have been jailed -- two of them for 5 years and three of them for 3.5 years.

We have likewise been informed that on February 18, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), to which our trade union federation in the United States -- the AFL-CIO -- is affiliated, will be organizing an International Day of Action in support of the embattled Spanish trade unionists and in support of their right to strike.

Mr. Ambassador:

The right to strike is an indispensable component of the right to collective bargaining, a cornerstone of trade union rights and of democratic rights as such.

As supporters of trade union and democratic rights, we are outraged by the violations of basic labor rights taking place under Article 315.3 of the Penal Code.

We call upon the government of Mariano Rajoy to drop all the charges against the trade unionists, to repeal this nefarious Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, and to respect the right to strike and all the Conventions of the International Labor Organizations that it has ratified.

We would greatly appreciate your acknowledging receipt of this most urgent appeal.

Sincerely,

Initial endorsers:

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Feb. 18/ITUC: Global Day of Action for the Right to Strike; Support Appeal in Support of Spanish Trade Unionists!


Dear Sisters and Brothers,



There is still time to send in your endorsement of the Appeal in Support of the Spanish trade unionists who face stiff prison sentences for having exercised their right to strike. (If you have already endorsed, many thanks!)



On February 18, a Global Day of Action in support of the right to strike -- which include defense of the embattled Spanish trade unionists -- is being organized by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), to which the AFL-CIO is affiliated. Please see dossier below on this Global Day of Action.



We would like to gather more than 100 endorsements in support of this Appeal prior to February 18 deadline so that we can send it to the Spanish ambassador on this date, and so that our appeal, with all its endorsers, can be distributed to the Spanish press and read out to the trade unionists across Spain who will be mobilized to demand the right to strike.



Please fill out the coupon below and return it asap to <[email protected]>. Also please feel free to circulate this Appeal widely to friends, co-workers and fellow unionists.



Thanks, in advance, for your support. We look forward to hearing back from you,


In solidarity,


Nancy Wohlforth,* Secretary-Treasurer Emerita (AFL-CIO)
Donna Dewitt,* Past President, South Carolina AFL-CIO
Alan Benjamin,* Executive Board member, San Francisco Labor Council


(union titles listed for identification purposes only)


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I ENDORSE THE APPEAL TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT


NAME


UNION / ORGANIZATION (and title, list if for id. only)


CITY


STATE


EMAIL


(please fill out coupon and return to [email protected])

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Description: eil Moralee via Flickr February 18, 2015 Global Day of Action for the Right to Strike


The Feb. 18 Global Day of Action is an initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Workers' Group at the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The right to strike is a cornerstone of democracy and social justice which has been recognized internationally for over 50 years. About 90 countries have incorporated the right in their national constitutions, even though governments often prohibit public servants from exercising it. In recent months, however, the employers' representatives at ILO have challenged the very legal foundation of the right to strike and its transposition into national law, to the point of disrupting the functioning of the Organisation's supervisory mechanisms.

The increasing use of ILO jurisprudence in national courts, as well as in codes of conduct on business and human rights, demonstrates the relevance of ILO standards.

The Employers' Group seems intent on finding ways to eliminate the right to strike altogether and to prevent national courts from using ILO jurisprudence in the matter to rule on the legality of industrial actions. Meanwhile, social protests are being increasingly criminalized in a number of countries where workers are already suffering from austerity measures imposed by the government.

A key ILO tripartite meeting on 23-25 February will discuss the right to strike and report to the ILO Governing Body in March 2015. If no tripartite consensus can be reached on how to interpret Convention 87 on Freedom of Association, which covers the right to strike, the Workers' Group will recommend that the dispute be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as foreseen by the ILO Constitution. The Employers' Group will oppose the referral, while many governments still seem undecided.

The ITUC has called a Global Day of Action on 18 February, whereby national trade union centres will be mobilised to lobby national governments on this issue, particularly those with a representative on the ILO Governing Body. The message is simple: if no consensus can be reached on recognition of the right to strike by all three groups (workers, employers and governments) in the ILO Governing Body, there must be a recommendation to refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice.

Educational International (EI) and ITUC invite their members and partner organisations to join hands with national trade union centres to lobby governments on this important issue.

For more information, please contact Dominique Marlet, EI Senior Coordinator for Human and Trade Union Rights ([email protected]).

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STATEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (PSI)

PSI joins Global Day of Action for the Right to Strike on 18 February 2015

http://www.world-psi.org/en/global-campaign-support-right-strike-all-workers


All too often, the right to strike is denied to public sector workers, due to broad definitions of essential services and limitations to collective bargaining or the right to organize, while some governments commit outright violations of human and fundamental workers’ rights.



The conflict on the right to strike and the crisis of ILO’s supervisory mechanism persists and this is of great concern to PSI and its affiliates. In March 2015, the ILO Governing Body has to take a decision on the resolution of this conflict. If no agreement can be reached, PSI supports the referral to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on the matter, as foreseen in the ILO Constitution.

The ITUC General Council adopted a resolution calling for a Global Day of Action on 18th February 2015.

PSI calls on all its affiliates to participate in this Global Day of Action, in cooperation with the ITUC and other global unions to defend and promote the right to strike.
For more information:
· PSI joins Global Day of Action for the Right to Strike on 18 February 2015

· Special edition of the ICTUR magazine on the right to strike (subscriptions to the ICTUR magazine here)

· Global campaign in support of the right to strike for all workers

· The right to strike and the ILO: The legal foundations

· PSI Emergency Resolution on the Right to Strike




This conflict cannot stay within the walls of the International Labour Organization and concerns all workers. Without the right to strike, trade unions and workers have no means to fight for their rights.

One hundred years after the beginning of the First World War, our world is again up in flames with regional and national conflicts that threaten world peace. In the aftermath of the First World War, the ILO was created to ensure social justice would prevail and its mission is as relevant as ever. There is also a direct link between the conflict at the ILO and the ongoing free trade negotiations that give preference to the interests of multinational companies. Labour clauses that refer to ILO standards are no guarantee for the respect of workers' rights if the ILO's authority continues to be undermined.

Austerity policies and structural adjustment programmes also aim to destroy collective bargaining mechanisms and agreements. The crisis of the ILO must be seen in this context.

At the ITUC's General Council, a resolution was adopted that calls for a Global Day of Action on 18th February.

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International Labour Organisation Resolution on CAS Dispute

Context



1. For much of its near-100 year history, the ILO supervisory system has carried out the important work of supervising the application of Conventions and Recommendations with the full support of the tripartite constituents.



However, the Employers’ Group has embarked on a sustained and deliberate attack on the supervisory system by seeking to undermine the authority of the ILO Committee of Experts.



2. This started in 2012 as a challenge to the existence of a right to strike protected by Convention 87, a right that had been recognised to exist in principle by all ILO constituents for decades.



However, in 2013 and 2014, the Employers’ Group challenged the Committee of Experts’ well-reasoned views on a number of other Conventions and again refused to reach consensus conclusions in 19 of the cases supervised by the Committee on Application of Standards.



3. The drafters of the ILO Constitution had foreseen that there would from time to time be disputes over the interpretation of a Convention and therefore provided for the referral of disputes to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion under Article 37.1 of the ILO Constitution.



The ICJ, in rendering a final and conclusive opinion on the right to strike, would actually allow the constituents to recommence tripartite negotiations in an atmosphere of greater legal certainty.



4. On October 2013, the General Council passed a Resolution making it the policy of the ITUC to support the referral of the question of the existence of the right to strike under Convention 87 to the ICJ if the Employers’ Group continued to oppose a resolution to the current dispute. The Employers’ Group has continued to do so.



That resolution also called on all ITUC affiliates to lobby their governments, particularly those on the ILO Governing Body, to secure their support for the referral of the dispute to the ICJ. The ITUC prepared a comprehensive report on the legal foundations of the right to strike to support that campaign.



5. In March 2014, the Governing Body requested the Office to prepare a paper “setting out the possible modalities, scope and costs of action under articles 37(1) and 37(2) of the ILO Constitution to address a dispute or question that may arise in relation to the interpretation of an ILO Convention.” The paper was delivered in November 2014 following consultation with the constituents.



6. In November 2014, the Governing Body debated, for several days, the referral of the question on the right to strike to the ICJ. In addition to the Workers’ Group, the government members of the EU, GRULAC and some members of IMEC supported the referral. However, the government members of ASPAG (except China), the Africa Group and some members of IMEC (e.g., the USA, Switzerland, Russia and Japan) firmly opposed immediate referral and insisted instead on further tripartite dialogue.



A significant number of these countries are the least supportive of workers’ rights but the strongest proponents of tripartite dialogue which they nevertheless rarely practice at home.



7. With a number of other points for action, the first draft resolution from the Office included a point for decision to refer the matter to the ICJ in November 2014. However, the consistent opposition by the Employers’ Group and some government representatives to this balanced package led to a final resolution which did not include the ICJ. 14GC/E/8Instead, it included only a tripartite meeting on the existence of the right to strike under Convention 87 (and its modalities under national law) in February 2015, with a report to the March 2015 Governing Body.



8. The referral to ICJ remains a possibility for decision at the Governing Body in March 2015, but it is by no means certain. Intense pressure will be required to move in particular government representatives from Asia and Africa in March to support the mandate of the Committee of Experts and their decisions that the right to strike exists in Convention 87, and the referral to the ICJ if the tri- partite discussion of February fails to recognise the right to strike deriving from C87. Recommendation:



9. The ITUC



• Rejects the repeated efforts by the Employers’ Group at the ILO to weaken the long-standing jurisprudence of the ILO supervisory system;



• Holds the Employers’ Group fully responsible for initiating and protracting the institutional crisis at the ILO, with the apparent aim of weakening a number of conventions and the ILO supervisory system;



• Regrets that some governments apparently fail to appreciate the crisis in the ILO supervisory system that they are facilitating by not supporting a judicial resolution of the dispute;



• Restates that while workers remain open to tripartite dialogue, it is clear that both the workers and employers have divergent views on this matter and thus we resolve to campaign for Government support for the intervention of the ICJ to resolve the dispute should the tri-partite discussions not recognise the right to strike deriving from C87; and



• Calls on its affiliates and Worker members of the Governing Body to MOBILISE workers to join a global day of action on February 18 that defends the right to strike as a fundamental freedom from workplace oppression and enslavement.



Without the right to strike workers are enslaved Conclusion



10. The ITUC will circulate the conclusions of this discussion and provide campaign materials to affiliates and Worker members of the ILO Governing Body for use with their governments and Employer organisations.



11. The ITUC will facilitate the global day of action in defence of the right to strike.



12. The ITUC will provide regular updates to affiliates regarding initiatives by affiliates as well as Governments and Employers.



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Many Thanks for Endorsing the Open Letter to the Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. In Defense of the Right to Strike in Spain . . . and Beyond

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

With your help, we were able to gather in just three days 103 endorsers in support of the Open Letter to the Spanish ambassador to the United States demanding that all charges be dropped against the trade unionists facing stiff prison sentences for exercising their right to strike. We exceeded our goal.

Many thanks for your endorsement. The Letter was sent late last night to the coordinators of the Platform of Trade Unionists for Democracy and Trade Union Independence in Spain. It was also sent first thing this morning to the Spanish embassy in Washington, D.C.

On the eve of the February 18 Global Day of Action In Defense of the Right to Strike, Roberto Tornamira, general secretary of the UGT Public Service Workers Union in Madrid, granted an interview to the Spanish weekly Informaciones Obreras [Labor News] that reads, in part:

“We denounce the Rajoy government and its drive to impose a massive austerity and privatization drive on all the workers and peoples of Spain. This is why they have to go after the trade union movement with such ferocity. They know, as we do, that the trade unions are the best guarantors of trade union rights and workers’ conquests; they are best defenders of pensions, democratic liberties, immigrants, women’s rights, youth and their right to a future, among so many other vital issues.

“This is why the Rajoy government is out to get rid of the right to strike and to jail trade unionists who are simply exercising their right to strike. Already five UGT members at ArcelorMittal have been sentenced to many years in prison. More than 300 other unionists face similar charges.

“And this is why we are overjoyed that the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is organizing demonstrations world-wide in defense of the right to strike on February 18.

“For our part, we in the Madrid trade union movement – in the UGT [Unión General de Trabajadores], together with our sisters and brothers in the CCOO [Comisiones Obreras] -- will be gathering for a march and rally at the Plaza de Cibeles, Puerta del Sol, in Madrid at 6 pm.”

We are attaching herewith a photo taken at a recent rally in defense of the Airbus 8 trade unionists. The banner reads, “We Are Not 8, We Are Thousands!”

Again, thanks for your support.

In solidarity,

Nancy Wohlforth, Donna Dewitt and Alan Benjamin

PS We have received just this morning a new batch of endorsers. We will compile the full list later today and resend it to the ambassador and to the CCOO and UGT organizers in Spain.

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Thank-You Letter from Spanish Trade Unionists For Your Solidarity With Their Struggle . . .

Dear all,

Please find attached the pdf of the thank-you letter from three of the Spanish organizers of the international solidarity campaign in support of the embattled unionists who face stiff prison sentences for exercising their right to strike.

You will find below the translation into English of their letter. The captions of all the photos are included in their English translation following the thank-you letter.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Sister Rose Ann DeMoro and the leadership of National Nurses United for their endorsement of the Open Letter to the Spanish ambassador in the United States. I would like to urge all of you to follow this example and seek the endorsement of this Open Letter from your union locals, central labor councils and state federations.

It is going to take a massive ongoing international campaign to compel the Spanish authorities to drop the charges. But with your help, we know we can prevail. With your help, for example, we are able to contribute to the campaign that forced the French government to drop the charges against leaders of the UGTG trade union federation in Guadeloupe. They, too, were facing harsh prison sentences for their role in the four-month general strike against austerity and exploitation a number of years ago.

Sí se puede!

In solidarity,

Alan Benjamin
US Campaign Co-Coordinator

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• In Defense of the Right to Strike and Democratic Liberties,

• Drop the Charges Against the 300 Trade Unionists,

• Repeal Article 315.3 of the Penal Code!



Thank You Letter to Our Sisters and Brothers



Madrid, February 19, 2015


To the sisters and brothers in the international labor movement supporting the campaign to defend the right to strike and calling on the authorities to drop the charges against the trade unionists in Spain,



To the international labor movement:



First of all, we wish to thank all of you for the important display of support and solidarity that we have received -- and that we are relaying to the leaders of the CCOO and UGT trade union federations responsible for the "Striking Is Not a Crime" campaign.



We have received, in particular, copies of statements and/or reports from delegations to the embassies of Spain in the United States, Britain, Brazil, Portugal, Algeria, Guadeloupe and France urging the Spanish government to drop charges against 300 trade unionists facing harsh prison sentences for exercising their right to strike, and also urging the repeal of Article 315.3 of the Penal Code. This article allows prosecutors and judges to bring charges and impose severe prison sentences against workers and their union representatives who participate and organize legal strikes.



Already stiff jail sentences have been handed down to several trade unionists. Most recently 5 UGT union members at Arcelor in Gijón (Asturias) received notices of their sentencing; two of them got five years and the other three got 3.5 years in prison.



Yesterday, February 18, in our country -- as part of the Global Day of Action in Defense of the Right to Strike -- our CCOO and UGT trade union federations organized 50 actions in cities across Spain, most of them rallies in front of government buildings. There was also a mass march and rally in Madrid.



After 18-F [February 18], we have entered a new stage of mobilization against the government in our effort to overturn this serious attack on the freedom of association and on democracy. And in this struggle we are very proud to be able to count on your valuable support and solidarity. We can say already that this question will be front and center in the forthcoming May Day actions.



We are aware that the attacks on the right to strike and on trade union freedoms enshrined in the ILO conventions are not taking place only in Spain; they are part of a generalized offensive promoted internationally by the employers and governments.



We again thank you for all your support and solidarity. We will keep you informed of how this struggle unfolds in our country, and we hope to hear from you concerning the reactions of the Spanish authorities to whom you addressed your statements in your countries.



Yours truly, with fraternal greetings,



Signed/



• José Alcazar, CCOO union leader and former president of the Inter-Union Committee of Airbus-EADS companies in Spain. He is one of the Airbus 8. He faces eight years and three months in prison. The eight face a total of 66 years in prison for no other reason than their presence at a picketline in front of the plant gate of the Airbus factory in Getafe (Madrid) during the General Strike of 2010 against the labor “reform” law. The charges are all based on Article 315.3 of the Penal Code.



• Rubén Ranz, UGT trade unionist and member of the Federal Executive Committee of the UGT Federation of Transportation and Commerce. Prosecutors, basing themselves on Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, are asking for seven years in prison for his participation in the General Strike of March 29, 2012 against the labor “reform” law.



• Pablo García-Cano, CCOO union leader, member of the Executive Committee of the Madrid CCOO (Comisiones Obreras) Union at John Deere (factory in Getafe-Madrid). He is one of the 4 John Deere unionists brought up on charges for his role in the 2012 strike at John Deere, based on accusations from the company’s CEO and also on Article 315.3 of the Penal Code. There have been no sentencing directives issued yet by the prosecutors.



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PHOTO CAPTIONS



Photos Page 1:



Two photos of the demonstration in Madrid on February 18, 2015



Photos Page 2:



TOP PHOTO: Demonstration in Getafe (working class district of Madrid) on March 14, 2014, in defense of the Airbus 8,



THREE PHOTOS BELOW:



LEFT: Five of the Airbus 8 in front of the plant gate in Getafe; José Alcazar (signatory of thank-you letter) is second from the left.


CENTER: John Deere 4 on February 12, in front of factory; they are awaiting charges from the public prosecutor; Pablo García-Cano (signatory of thank-you letter) is second from the left.


RIGHT: Rubén Ranz, UGT trade unionist who faces seven years in jail for exercising his right to strike. (He is the third signatory of the thank-you letter).








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ILC Meeting in Geneva on June 7 in Defense of the Right to Strike, In Defense of the ILO Conventions & Independence of Trade Unions

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Dear Readers of the Weekly ILC International Newsletter,
Dear Sister and Brother Unionists and Labor Activists:

Please find attached the call for the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Liaison Committee of Workers and Peoples (ILC) in Defense of the ILO Conventions and the Independence of the Trade Unions. The meeting will take place on Sunday, June 7, in Geneva.

As has been the case for the past 21 years, the ILC is hosting this meeting on the eve of the yearly Assembly of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which is based in Geneva.

The ILO’s 104th Yearly Assembly is of particular importance for the labor movement worldwide.

In every country of the world today, working people and their organizations are facing an offensive against all of the rights and gains won by the working class through bitter struggles.

Having bailed out finance capital to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars following the 2007-2009 financial crisis, the international institutions of global capital (IMF, World Bank, European Union, G20, WTO) are demanding even more “counter-reforms” to drive down wages, undermine the social security and national healthcare systems, break collective-bargaining agreements and recognized job classifications, impose drastic cuts to public budgets, privatize public services, and more.

These institutions are demanding that the trade unions not only agree to these regressive steps, but that they share responsibility for them in the name of a supposed “joint effort” to find a solution to the crisis within the framework of “social dialogue” and “labor-management” cooperation.

Over the years, the ILC has presented its views on these issues and on how the corporate offensive requires weakening the entire system of labor standards and rights enshrined in the ILO Conventions. These questions will once again be posed in the regular agenda of the ILO’s next 104th session.

There is, however, a new troubling dimension to this coming session of the ILO that compels us to sound the alarm for the labor movement worldwide: the Employer Group on the Committee on the Application of Standards of the ILO is seeking to put into question the right to strike and to collective bargaining, thereby targeting ILO Conventions 87 and 98.

If approved, this would represent a qualitative step in the ongoing attacks upon the ILO Conventional system as such.

The attached four-page Call by the ILC explains what’s at stake in this 104th Session of the ILO’s Yearly Assembly.

We urge unions across the United States to discuss this urgent matter and to consider sending a representative to attend this important ILC gathering in Geneva.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you are interested in participating in this gathering. You can also fill out the participation coupon on page 4 of the attached document.

Thanking you in advance for your interest and support,

In solidarity,

Nancy Wohlforth,* Secretary-Treasurer Emerita, OPEIU (AFL-CIO)

Donna Dewitt, Past President (ret.), South Carolina AFL-CIO

Alan Benjamin, Executive Committee member, S.F. Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

(* unions and titles listed for id. purposes only)

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First Victory in Fight to Defend Trade Union Rights in Spain, Let’s Continue and Expand the Campaign!

To: All endorsers of the Open Letter in Defense of Trade Union Rights in Spain

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Last February we called on U.S. labor activists and organizations to sign onto an Appeal to the Spanish government urging that the charges be dropped against more than 300 trade unionists in Spain who face stiff prison sentences for exercising their right to strike. The appeal also called on the Spanish government to repeal Article 315.3 of its Penal Code and to respect the right to strike and all the Conventions of the International Labor Organization that Spain has ratified.

In just four days, more than 100 U.S. union officials and activists signed the Appeal, and one national trade union federation -- National Nurses United -- added its endorsement [see attached pdf.] Internationally, hundreds of trade union organizations and thousands of trade union officials and activists, also supported this campaign.

We just received news that the charges and legal proceedings against four of the more than 300 trade unionists facing prison sentences under Article 315.3 of the Spanish Criminal Code have been dropped.

As you will read in the statements below, four trade unionists at the John Deere factory in Getafe, an industrial hub near the capital city of Madrid, were freed of all criminal charges. This news was relayed to us by the International Committee Against Repression (CICR in its French acronym) and by the Executive Committee of the CCOO [Workers’ Commissions] branch at the John Deere plant, the trade union to which these four union activists belong.

We’d like to thank each and every one of you, once again, for your support to this campaign. You helped make a difference. But as the letter below from the International Committee Against Repression makes clear, this is no time to rest on our laurels. There are still more than 300 unionists in Spain facing stiff fines and prison sentences for upholding their right to strike. More than ever, steeled by this first victory, we must continue and expand the campaign.

We call upon you to urge your unions, local labor councils, and state federations, as well as your co-workers and friends, to sign the Open Letter to the Spanish ambassador to demand that (1) all charges be dropped against the 300 unionists facing prison sentences in Spain, and (2) Article 315.3 of the Spanish Criminal Code be repealed.

This first victory at the John Deere plant in Getafe shows that “Si Se Puede!” -- We can prevail!

Thanks, in advance, for your continued support. We look forward to hearing back from you,


In solidarity,


- Nancy Wohlforth,* Secretary-Treasurer Emerita, OPEIU (AFL-CIO)
- Donna Dewitt,* Past President, South Carolina AFL-CIO
- Alan Benjamin,* Executive Board member, San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO)


(union titles listed for identification purposes only)



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SIGN-ON OPEN LETTER

OPEN LETTER TO SPAIN’S AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. AND ENDORSEMENT COUPON:

- Drop the Charges Against the Airbus 8 and the 300 Other Trade Unionists Prosecuted for Taking Strike Action!


- Respect the Right to Strike and the Conventions of the ILO that Spain Has Ratified!

Attention:

Ambassador Ramón Gil Casares Satrústegui

Embassy of Spain in the United States

2375 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

[email protected]

Dear Ambassador Ramón Gil Casares Satrústegui,

We -- the undersigned trade unionists and supporters of trade union rights in the United States -- call upon you to relay to your government in Madrid our most urgent appeal that all charges levelled by the Spanish authorities against 8 Airbus trade unionists (7 members of the Workers’ Commissions / CCOO and 1 UGT member) be dropped immediately.

In addition we call for (1) all charges to be dropped against 300 other trade unionists charged with organizing informational picketlines during the recent general strikes and/or workplace and sectoral strikes, and (2) the repeal of Spain’s Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, which provides for prison sentences for trade unionists who take part in informational picketlines during a strike.

The right to strike is an indispensable component of the right to collective bargaining, a cornerstone of trade union rights and of democratic rights as such.

As supporters of trade union and democratic rights, we are outraged by the violations of basic labor rights taking place under Article 315.3 of the Penal Code.

We call upon the government of Mariano Rajoy to drop all the charges against the trade unionists, to repeal this nefarious Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, and to respect the right to strike and all the Conventions of the International Labor Organizations that it has ratified.

Sincerely,


I ENDORSE THE APPEAL TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT


NAME


UNION / ORGANIZATION (and title, list if for id. only)


CITY


STATE


EMAIL


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Appeal of the International Committee Against Repression (CICR)

Paris, 9 June 2015

First Victory in the International Campaign Against Anti-Union Repression in Spain

At a press conference at the Paris Labour Exchange hosted by the International Committee Against Repression (For the Defence of Political and Trade Union Rights) on 5 June 2015, with the participation of Ruddy Tessier, Assistant Secretary General of the UGTG trade union federation of Guadeloupe, and Pablo Garcia Cano, CCOO union representative in the Metallurgical sector of Madrid (John Deere factory), the latter announced that the owner of the factory had withdrawn the charges against the four trade unionists at the John Deere plant, of which he is one. He also said that the prosecutor was compelled to drop the charges against them.

In a statement on 1 June, the Executive Board of the CCOO union at the John Deere factory to which Pablo Garcia belongs thanked all those who, in Spain and internationally, have campaigned to drop all the charges against the more than 300 trade unionists who have been victimised, in particular, by the implementation of Article 315 paragraph 3 of the Spanish Penal Code. We should recall that this heinous legal provision authorises the imprisonment of trade unionists and workers who participate in strike pickets.

This first victory is an encouragement to continue and expand the international campaign to demand a halt to the prosecution of these trade unionists, a reversal of the sentences of those who have already been sentenced, and the repeal of Article 315 paragraph 3 of the Penal Code.

During this press conference, we also learned that lawyers (particularly specialists in labor law, but many others as well), issued an appeal to organise in unity with the CCOO and UGT trade unions, an International Committee in defence of workers who have either already been convicted or who are awaiting sentencing.

The organisers of the press conference on 5 June 2015 at the Labour Exchange Paris have agreed to support this call from the lawyers in Spain, strengthened by the hundreds of union organisations from different countries (Europe, Asia, Africa, Caribbean, USA) that have expressed their support for this effort in recent weeks.

The press conference organisers reaffirm their support for the demand raised by all trade union organisations -- and particularly by the UGT of Catalonia and the CCOO union at John Deere -- to force the repeal of the odious Article 315 paragraph 3 of the Spanish Penal Code.

Trade unionists are not criminals.

For the establishment of an International Committee to defend the embattled workers targeted by the repression of which they are victims, I hereby agree to support this appeal:

- Pablo Garcia Cano, Spain, CCOO [Workers Commissions]
- Ruddy Tessier, Assistant Secretary General, UGTG trade union federation, Guadeloupe
- Jacques Girod, Deputy Secretary General of the Paris Sector of CGT Force Ouvrière
- Alain Serre, CGT trade unionist, President of the Institute of Social History of Var, CGT
- Gérard Bauvert, journalist, secretary of CICR [French acronym for the International Committee Against Repression]
- Dr. François Paraire, honorary doctor, a member of the Bureau of the CICR


ENDORSEMENT COUPON

I support this initiative:

Name:

Organisation:

Address:

State/ Country:

Phone:

"For the Defence of Freedoms and the Right to Strike: Drop the Charges Against the More than 300 Trade Unionists"

Urge others to take a stand in support of the appeal of the UGT of Catalonia!

- For the defence of freedoms and the right to strike,
- For the repeal of the gag law
- For the withdrawal of all the charges against the more than 300 trade unionists
- For the repeal of Article 315.3 of the Spanish Criminal Code

Send your statement of support (in France) to: Embassy of Spain, 22, avenue Marceau 75008, Paris - Fax 01 47 23 59 55

Send a copy to the International Committee Against Repression (CICR).

For all CICR correspondence: 28, rue des Petites Ecuries - 75010 Paris
Email: [email protected]



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Letter from the Workers Commissions (CCOO) Trade Union Section of John Deere Iberica

Workers Commissions (CCOO) Trade Union Section of John Deere Iberica

Madrid to Toledo Hwy (A-42) 28905 Getafe

(Madrid) Telephone/Fax 91 495 83 30

E-mail: [email protected]

The managing director of John Deere announced the withdrawal of his charges against 4 workers who were on strike in defence of their collective-bargaining agreement

Getafe, 1 June 2015 -- On 19 May, the managing director of John Deere Iberia, Mario de Miguel, accompanied by the head of human resources, Enrique Saldana, as well as Luis Fernandez and Santiago Villaverde from the personnel department, held a meeting with the factory committee and the trade union delegates of each of the unions to talk about the situation resulting from the charges he lodged in 2012 against four workers after the strike in defence of the collective-bargaining agreement. The John Deere director read a statement in which he announced his intention to resolve the case by withdrawing his charges against the four workers; he explained that he had not intended to question trade union freedoms and the legitimate right to strike, that his concern was for the future of the company and he admitted how the situation had changed since then. We consider it to be a great success that the director of John Deere has withdrawn his complaint against the four workers without having obtained his objective, which had been to force all of the personnel to renounce in writing their legitimate right to strike.

Let us recall: It was end-September 2013 when four John Deere workers – three of them CCOO delegates or members of the factory committee – were informed that Mario de Miguel had lodged a complaint in penal court against them in October 2012, accusing them of so-called co-actions that would have taken place at the factory entrance, at a strike picket during one of the days of strike in defence of the collective bargaining agreement, in June 2012. After 115 hours of work-stoppage during several months of mobilisation, a deal was finally reached that was very positive for the workers regarding their collective bargaining agreement.

The complaint had been lodged under article 315.3 of the penal code, which mentions co-actions in the case of a strike, as well as those referred to in article 172. Article 315.3 is the penal code that has usually been used in Spain for the trying of trade unionists (some 300 for the CCOO and the UGT alone), due to their participation in strike pickets. Others have been sentenced, like the UGT Arcelor 5 in Gijon, two of whom were sentenced to 5 years and 3 others to 3 and a half years. One of the most emblematic and closest cases is that of the Airbus 8 of Getafe (7 CCOOs and I UGT), against which the public ministry asked for 8 years and 3 months in prison in relation to events that occurred during the general strike of 2010 against [then Prime Minister] Zapatero’s labour reform. In Getafe, a UGT comrade in the Commercial sector was also sued, with a sentence of multiple years in prison also being pursued.

Today, the process of instruction has been completed and the case was slated to go to court; a date has already been set for the first audience. The judge did not consider that the trial should take place for a crime under article 315.3. The public ministry did not use this article either, and settled for envisaging suing for a slight fault, resulting from the possible co-actions, and would ask for forgiveness, due to the statute of limitations.

The particular accusation levelled by the managing director of John Deere also did not use article 315.3, and established the accusation for criminal co-actions, demanding €3000 in compensation. The court notified the four comrades of the acts of accusation and demanded bail of €4000, which they did not pay. As soon as the complaint was made known, the secretary of the factory committee and the CCOO and UGT section secretaries met with the managing director to ask him to withdraw his complaint, as they considered that the 4 workers had limited themselves to the exercising of their legitimate right to information in case of strike.

Later, the John Deere management wrote to the CCOO, asking them to commit to there being no more informational pickets, nor “snakes” (another manner of protesting – editor’s note) in case of work stoppages, in exchange for which he would withdraw his complaint. The four accused workers answered in writing, explaining that they refused to be bartering tokens and they would not sign any document whatsoever in which they accepted any guilt, or that the trade unions and the personnel would have to sign, the terms of which would reduce or deny fundamental trade union rights and liberties, such as the right to strike. We are now waiting for the withdrawal of the complaint to be actually made, as announced by the managing director of John Deere Iberia.

We would like to thank the workers at the plant for their support, as well as all the workers and members of the John Deere CCOO and all the CCOO bodies, such as the Madrid Federation of Industry, and the federal bodies, the Comarcale south union, the CCOOs of Madrid and the confederation itself, all of whom have never stopped supporting our cause and have put all their means in their power to address this situation, in the campaign “Striking is not a crime”.

We likewise wish to thank all the trade union and political bodies throughout the world who, in answer to the appeal made by several Spanish trade unionists, amongst whom the John Deere ones, addressed the Spanish embassies and consulates in their countries, to demand that the Spanish government cancel the trials against the 300 trade unionists, plus those of Airbus and Arcelor, and for the repeal of article 315.3 which allows for the imprisonment of workers for participation in strike pickets.

We wish to pursue this campaign in this manner, and we ask for the intensification of the organization, in the major trade union confederations, of genuine and effective mobilizations, enabling these objectives to be reached and the defense of the full and entire exercise of the fundamental right to strike and trade union liberties.

Signed by the:

Executive Committee of the CCOO Trade Union Section of John Deere

Seal of the CCOO Federation of Industry

CCOO Trade Union Sections

John Deere Iberica

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Appeal of Spanish Lawyers to Expand International Campaign

More than 300 workers have been convicted or are awaiting trial or sentencing for having rightfully participated in general strikes, informational actions and strikes at their workplaces.

This situation does nothing other than to criminalise the legitimate right to participate in and organise legal strikes.

Relying on Article 315.3 of the Criminal Code, public prosecutors and judges can now level accusations and bring formal charges, and then impose prison sentences from 6 months up to 3 years, against workers for participating in and organising legal strikes.

Conscious of the seriousness of the situation and the brutal attack on the freedom of association, we issue an appeal to organise, on a united basis with the CCOO and UGT trade union confederations, an International Committee in defence of those workers who have already been convicted or are awaiting sentence.



First signatories:

Miguel González Mendoza, lawyer, Tarragona, UGT; Andrés Pérez Subirana, lawyer, Barcelona; Josep Millán López, lawyer, Barcelona, UGT; Rosa Maria Guardia, lawyer, Barcelona; Miguel Fábregas Ortí, lawyer, Barcelona; Lluís Moya Soler, lawyer, Barcelona, UGT; Jaqui Gaspar, lawyer, Barcelona; Nicolás Lázaro, lawyer, Tarragona, CCOO; Bixen Itxaso, lawyer, Member of Basque Parliament, San Sebastián, PSE-PSOE-EE; José Antonio Serrano, lawyer, Madrid, UGT; Antonio García Martín, lawyer, Madrid, CCOO; Enrique Lillo, lawyer, Madrid, CCOO; Alfonso Ronano, lawyer, Vitoria-Gasteiz; Joseba Estrade, lawyer, Bilbao; Paco Álvarez Barral, lawyer, Guipúzcoa; Daniel González Cuevas, lawyer, Baracaldo, FSP-UGT;l José Luis Torrón, lawyer, Bilbao, UGT; Alicia Gómez Benito, lawyer, Madrid, CCOO; Lorena Ruiz Huerta, lawyer, Madrid, ALA, Member of the Madrid Assembly representing Podemos.



Contact: [email protected]

[1] Article 315.3 of the Criminal Code stipulates that: “[the higher degree penalties of punishment by imprisonment of six months to three years and a fine from six to twelve months] (…) shall be imposed on those who, acting as a group or individually but in collusion with others, coerce other persons to begin or continue a strike”.

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SPAIN: Urgent Appeal in Defense of the 300 Unionists Indicted for Striking


IN THIS MESSAGE

(1) Presentation / Urgent Appeal by Coordinators of U.S. Campaign in Defense of the 300 Trade Unionists Indicted for Striking in Spain

(2) Endorsement Coupon

(3) Trade Unions Call for an "Energetic" Mobilization To Beat Back the Charges Against the Airbus 8 -- by Pablo García-Cano (CCOO at John Deere plant, Getafe)

ATTACHMENT: OPEN LETTER TO SPAIN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.: Drop the Charges Against the Airbus 8 and the 300 Other Trade Unionists Prosecuted for Taking Strike Action! Respect the Right to Strike and the Conventions of the ILO that Spain Has Ratified! -- Endorsed by 100 U.S. Trade Unionists and Labor Activists

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(1) Presentation / Urgent Appeal by Coordinators of U.S. Campaign in Defense of the 300 Trade Unionists Indicted for Striking in Spain

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Last February, in the span of just a few days, we gathered more than 100 endorsements in support of an Open Letter to Spain's Ambassador to the U.S. with the following demands:

* Drop the Charges Against the Airbus 8 and the 300 Other Spanish Trade Unionists Prosecuted for Taking Strike Action!

* Respect the Right to Strike and the Conventions of the ILO that Spain Has Ratified; Repeal Article 315.3 of the Penal Code!"

These 300 Spanish trade unionists -- members of both the Workers' Commissions/CCOO and UGT trade union federations -- were charged under Article 315.3 of Spain's Penal Code for exercising their right to strike. They face stiff prison sentences.

On February 18 an International Day of Action in support of the 300 trade unionists and their right to strike was sponsored by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), with the participation of the top leaders of the CCOO and UGT union federations, and with tens of thousands of trade unionists and labor rights activists in the streets across Spain. The AFL-CIO in this country is affiliated with the ITUC.

As you will read below in the letter from CCOO activist (and Airbus 8 co-defendant) Pablo García-Cano, the Spanish prosecutor has set a court date for the Airbus 8 unionists: February 19-22, 2016.

Given the seriousness of the charges and the urgency to get them dropped, an International Commission is being set up in Madrid on November 20 at the initiative of the Lawyers for Workers Indicted for Striking (Spain) and the International Committee Against Repression (CICR, in its French acronym).

The embattled Spanish trade unionists are urging trade union bodies, union officials and rank-and-file unionists the world over to redouble their efforts in support of the 300 embattled trade unionists in Spain.

We in the United States have a special responsibility to ensure the success of this international trade union defense campaign. It is no secret that the "free trade" directives and other "neo-liberal" policies that target trade unionists and labor rights the world over emanate from our government, acting at the behest of U.S. transnational corporations. If we allow the Rajoy government to get away with this assault on labor and democratic rights, we can be sure that similar acts of repression will spring up elsewhere in Europe . . . and beyond. This is why this Spanish Trade Union Defense Campaign is very much a U.S. trade union issue.

We urge you to add your name and, if possible, that of your union local, central labor council, and state or national union body to the following statement, which we will forward to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (via the Spanish Embassy in Washington) and to the campaign organizers in Spain. We would like to gather, as soon as possible, hundreds of additional endorsers, including from labor bodies at the highest levels, so that we can forward them in time for the founding meeting of the International Commission in Madrid on November 20.

The statement we are asking you to endorse reads as follows:

"Prime Minister Rajoy:

"We, the undersigned trade unionists and democratic rights activists, are outraged by the violations of basic labor rights taking place under Article 315.3 of the Penal Code.

"We call upon your government to drop all the charges against the 300 trade unionists facing stiff prison sentences for exercising their right to strike. We also call upon you to repeal Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, and to respect the right to strike and all the Conventions of the International Labor Organization that Spain has ratified.

"The right to strike is an indispensable component of the right to collective bargaining; it is a cornerstone of trade union rights and of democratic rights as such!"

Please fill out the endorsement coupon below and return it to us at your earliest convenience at <[email protected]>. You can also send the endorsement of your unions on union letterhead via email or via snail mail to Spanish Trade Union Defense Campaign, c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St., Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

Also, please feel free to forward this message widely.

We thank you in advance for responding promptly to this urgent appeal.

In solidarity

Campaign Coordinators:

Nancy Wohlforth*
Secretary-Treasurer Emerita
Office and Professional Employees
International Union (OPEIU)
Washington, D.C.

Donna Dewitt*
Past President
South Carolina AFL-CIO
Columbia, South Carolina

Alan Benjamin*
Executive Board member
San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
San Francisco, California

(* coordinators' unions and titles listed for id. only)

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(2) ENDORSEMENT COUPON

[ ] You can add my/our name to the Open Letter to the Rajoy government in support of the 300 embattled trade unionists in Spain facing fail sentences for exercising their right to strike.

ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENT:

INDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENT . . .

NAME:

UNION/ORG (& Title), list if for id. only:

CITY

STATE

EMAIL:

(Please fill out and return to <[email protected]>.)


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(2) SPANISH STATE

Trade Unions Call for an "Energetic" Mobilization
To Beat Back the Charges Against the Airbus 8

A trial date has finally been set for the Airbus 8. It begins on February 19, 2016, in Getafe -- an industrial suburb of Madrid -- and is slated to go on for four days. The State prosecutor is asking for eight years in prison for each of the Airbus 8 trade union activists in relation to their participation in the general strike of September 29, 2010. They are charged -- under Article 315.3 of the Penal Code -- with "disrupting workers' rights" and "making threats" during a picket line that took place during the general strike in opposition to the 2010 "labor reform" law.

The Getafe judge handling the case tried to reach a new agreement to avoid going to trial. The prosecutor had proposed lowering the prison sentence to three years plus a fine of 3,700 euros for each of the eight workers. However, the prosecutor was still asking for a misdemeanor conviction for infringement of workers' rights and for blocking access to the workplace with alleged threats leveled against workers at a picket line outside the factory gate.

The Airbus 8 have remained firm and have refused to accept any agreement at the "conciliation" meeting on July 1, 2015, that would have them acknowledge any criminal activity whatsoever -- as they were simply defending their basic trade union rights. It was thus not possible to reach an agreement. The trial will take place, with a formal request by the prosecutor, at least for now, of eight years and three months in prison for each of the eight unionists, or a total of 76 years in prison for the group.

"The fact that four full days have been set aside for this trial demonstrates the importance of this case, which is unprecedented. Nothing like it has been seen since the 1001 Trial," stated José Alcazar, one of the Airbus 8, who is a member of Workers' Commissions (CCOO) and past president of the Inter Airbus-EADS Committee, now retired. "I am convinced that we will win this struggle."

Ignacio Fernández Toxo, general secretary of the Workers' Commissions, accompanied the unionists at this "conciliation" meeting and reported that trade unionists should not be charged with violation of labor rights when organizing a picket line; "no crime was ever committed."

Nothing Like This Has Been Seen Since the Franco Dictatorship

As the general secretary of Workers' Commissions stated, it is unacceptable that the prosecution is allowed to maintain the charges against people who have committed no crime. For Fernández Toxo, the trial of Airbus 8 will "certainly go down in the annals of history as a fundamental assault against freedoms and fundamental rights."

These dates must remain "engraved in letters of fire" because of "the energetic mobilization" that will be organized and that should involve all supporters of democratic rights, Fernández Toxo insisted.

The Airbus 8 are among the 300 unionists of the CCOO and UGT trade union federations currently charged with taking part in picketing, and for whom the prosecution is asking for a total of 125 years in prison. Some of these cases are under appeal, as is the case of the Arcelor 5 UGT members in Gijón. Others are either under appeal, or are waiting for trial dates to be set.

The leaders of the Workers' Commissions have reminded workers that a situation such as this one has not occurred since the 1001 Trial of 1972, under the dictatorship of Franco, against the union leaders at that time.

Before the July 1 meeting, a rally in support of the Airbus 8 was held -- as has been the case each month -- in front of the factory gate. Raul Fernández, one of the embattled trade unionists and a member of the UGT, thanked the workers for the "support and momentum toward freedom" that they have received during these past five years of uncertainty -- support which, for them, has been "fundamental".

Enrique Gil, another trade union facing charges and new secretary of the CCOO union section of the plant in Getafe, with around 8,000 workers, insisted on the innocence of the Airbus 8 and reiterated his message by saying that we must continue to defend workers' rights. On the same day, the regional committee of the UGT met and expressed its support to the Airbus workers who "face a lawsuit mounted by the prosecution, in an ideological abuse of justice by the government."

The Madrid UGT Regional Committee called upon the opposition parties to demand the repeal of Article 315.3 of the Criminal Code, upon which the prosecution has based its charges.

In the coming days, we will inform the defendants and the national trade union federations about the campaign under way in more than 15 countries at the initiative of the International Committee Against Repression (CICR in its French acronym). Dozens upon dozens of statements have been issued by trade union bodies as well as by social and political leaders, all of whom have addressed the Spanish embassies in their countries. Already 23 Spanish attorneys, including several Members of Parliament, have raised the need to constitute an International Defense Committee for the 300 unionists facing stiff prison sentences for exercising their right to strike. This committee would call on the Rajoy government to drop the charges and repeal Article 315.3 of the Penal Code.

- By Pablo García-Cano

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