[Lasnetmail] Urgent Sign-On Appeal in Support of Cananea Mineworkers in Mexico!

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Urgent Sign-On Appeal in Support of Cananea Mineworkers inOWC - Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union
Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F. Labor Council,
1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.
Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.
website: www.owcinfo.org
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Dear Sisters and Brothers,


Tomorrow, Friday January 18, in the Casa de Cultura of the SITUAM trade union in Mexico City, there will a meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Second Continental Conference Against Free Trade and Privatizations (April 4-6, 2008 in Mexico City).


We write to let you know that the CNPA peasants' federation, the National Union of Mineworkers, the National Democratic Convention (CND) of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the Alianza de Tranviarios de México, as well as the MONAE, have come on board the Conference Preparatory Committee. In addition, the Conference is part of the plan of action of the organizations that participate in the "National Dialogue."

We ask that you please add your name today to the Letter in Support of the Mineworkers of Cananea, and for the Removal of the Police from the Mines, and for the Full Respect for Labor Rights. You will find a coupon and the letter attached below. We ask that you fill it out and send it ASAP to the Preparatory Committee in Mexico (segundoencuentrocontinental at gmail.com) and/or our email in the U.S. (ilcinfo at earthlink.net).


It is important that hundreds of signatures be sent to the Preparatory Committee meeting tomorrow, so that the Committee members, together with the Mineworkers' union representatives, can publicize this international support widely throughout Mexico at their press conference.


We thank you in advance for your support to this Open Letter.

In solidarity,


Eduardo Rosario and Alan Benjamin,
For the U.S. Organizing Committee
of the Second Continental Conference

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Open Letter in Support of the Mineworkers of Cananea, for the Removal of the Police from the Mines, and for the Full Respect for Labor Rights

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Preparatory Committee of the Second Continental Conference:

We have been informed by the U.S. Organizing Committee of the Second Continental Conference that on January 14, the Mexican Secretary of Labor moved to break the six-month strike of the mineworkers of the heroic town of Cananea, Sonora, using thousands of units of the federal police (PFP) and the army itself.


We have also been informed that Mexican working people, with its organizations, are resisting and fighting back. On January 16, the National Mineworkers Union organized a strike in the first shift of all its local affiliates throughout Mexico, shutting down 85 different mines from north to south, and has called for a demonstration on January 22 in defense of the right to strike and for the removal of the police from the mines.


With this letter we convey our full support for the mineworkers in struggle in Cananea, as well as our support for the demands raised by the Mineworkers Union: the immediate removal of the PFP police from the mine and for the respect of labor rights and the collective bargaining contracts of the mineworkers.

Sincerely,


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ENDORSEMENT COUPON


[   ] Please add my name to the list of signers of this letter

NAME

ORGANIZATION/UNION (list if for id. only)

EMAIL

CITY/COUNTRY

(Please fill out this coupon and send a copy to <segundoencuentrocontinental at gmail.com> and/or to ilcinfo at earthlink.net.)

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