Mexican Electrical Workers Union SME en Wisconsin

Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME)
Politics
Discussion of Mexican president's unilateral ending of collective contracts & how it relates to actions in Wisconsin, with SME Secretary of the Interior Jose Humberto Montes de Oca and World Federation of Trade Unions' Gilda Chacon Bravo

When: 04/01/11 @ 3:00pm
Call: 257-6050
Web: www.rainbowbookstore.org

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*Meet and discuss with*

*Jose Humberto Montes de Oca, Secretary of the Interior of the Mexican Electrical Workers Union, and

Gilda Chacon Bravo, World Federation of Trade Unions, Americas Regional Office, Cuba
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*at the Rainbow Book Coop, 426 Gilman
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*Friday, April 1, 3:00 - 4:30 pm



*Mexican Electrical Workers go to Wisconsin*

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Note: This delegation will be in New York until today

A delegation of workers affiliated with the Mexican Electrical Workers Union of (SME) headed by Jose Humberto Montes de Oca, Secretary of the Interior of this organization, will participate this next Friday April 1st in the massive protest against the law that annuls the Collective Bargaining of the workers of the public services of Wisconsin to endorse 

their struggle.

The SME have been 17 months fighting to recover their source of work that was "extinguished" by means of a presidential decree that left in the street more than 44 thousand working electricians and which had among other intentions to end the Collective Contract of Work of the SME.

At the moment more than 16,500 workers who have rejected the liquidations that the government of Felipe Calderón offered, are staying firm in their intention to recover their jobs by means of legal and legislative routes, and by the social struggle of resistance.

It is in this context that they have decided to endorse the demands of the workers of Wisconsin and to interchange experiences of struggles and to reinforce the bond of unity between workers in defense of their conquered rights.

The Mexican delegation informs that at the moment it has a permanent ?encampment? in the Zocalo square of the City of Mexico to demand a solution to his conflict and the freedom of Miguel Márquez Ríos, political prisoner of the Mexican Electrical Workers Union.

This activity is the final part of a tour of the electrical workers through different cities of the United States to denounce the Mexican government as a violator of labor rights of the Mexican workers. Among other cities they visited are San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Ohio, Cleveland and Washington DC where they had interviews with unionists, community leaders, congressmen and organizations of Mexican migrants.

In this tour also participated Gilda Chacon representing the World Federation of Trade Unions from the sister republic of Cuba who addressed the subject of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for Latin America).

en espanol:

*Trabajadores electricistas mexicanos llegan a Wisconsin.*

/ Nota: Esta delegación estará en New York hasta el día de hoy/

Una delegación de trabajadores afiliados al Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) encabezada por José Humberto Montes de Oca, Secretario del Interios de dicha organización, participará este próximo viernes 1 de Abril en la protesta masiva en contra de la ley que anula la Contratación Colectiva de los trabajadores de los servicios públicos de Wisconsin para respaldar su lucha.

El SME tiene 17 meses luchando por recuperar su fuente de trabajo que fue ?extinguida? mediante un decreto presidencial que dejó en la calle a más de 44 mil trabajadores electricistas y que tuvo entre otros propósitos acabar con el Contrato Colectivo de Trabajo del SME.

Actualmente más de 16.500 trabajadores que han rechazado las liquidaciones que ofreció el gobierno de Felipe Calderón se mantienen firmes en su intención de recuperar su empleo mediante las vías legales,legislativas y la lucha social de resistencia.

En este contexto es como han decidido respaldar las demandas de los trabajadores de Wisconsin e intercambiar experiencias de lucha y reforzar los lazos de unidad entre trabajadores en defensa de sus derechos conquistados.

La delegación mexicana informa que actualmente tiene un ?plantón? permanente en la plaza del Zócalo de la Ciudad de México para exigir solución a su conflicto y la libertad de Miguel Márquez Ríos, preso político del Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas.

Esta actividad, forma parte final de una gira de trabajadores electricistas por distintas Ciudades de los Estados Unidos para denunciar al gobierno mexicano como violador de los derechos laborales de los trabajadores mexicanos. Entre otras ciudades visitaron San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Ohio, Cleveland, Washington, DC, donde tuvieron entrevistas con sindicalistas, líderes comunitarios, representantes, congresistas y organizaciones de migrantes mexicanos. En ésta gira participó la compañera Gilda Chacón de la hermana república de Cuba que abordo el tema del Alba.

Fuente:http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=260631