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 Re: ادعموا العمال السودانيين والافارقه المضربين فى مدينة بروكس فى البرتا (Re: الفاضل الهاشمي)
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الاخوات الاخوه القطعه ادناه اضاءه تسبق المناشده الملحقه نرجوا استخدامها بارسالها لمن تراه مناسبا للضغط مسئول برلمانى فدرالى او وزير هجره عمده الخ والشكر مقدم
هاشمى المنظمه السودانيه الكنديه لحقوق الانسان
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Struggle between the workers of Tyson Foods meat packing company and the company
Background information
The following events took place at Tyson Foods meatpacking plant:
· 2,300 workers have been putting up picket lines since the first week of October 2005 after Tyson refused to negotiate a contract that would have brought the Brooks facility up to regional standards in terms of workplace safety, wages and benefits. Lakeside processes almost 40 per cent of Canada's cattle.
· The workers voted overwhelmingly more than a year ago to form a union as part of the United Food and Commercial Workers. They have organized for dignity and respect on the job and a safer workplace. Making up to 4,000 cuts a day by slicing a knife through a carcass as it moves down the line, wears out workers’ bodies. When a worker is too injured to keep up with the speed of the line, Tyson discourages them from reporting their injury or getting treated by an independent doctor. A couple of cases of refusing workers to go to the washrooms have been documented.
· Tyson Foods refused to bargain a first contract with the workers. When workers voted and announced plans to strike in July 2005, Tyson Foods appealed to the provincial labour board to mediate a contract through a neutral third party. The workers accepted the mediator’s proposal. But Tyson Foods rejected the proposal and left workers no other choice but to put up picket lines on October 12, 2005.
· Four workers were injured when Tyson Foods supervisors targeted some workers including the president of the union, Doug O’Halloran.
· Tyson’s position is inexcusable. According to Canadian labor law, an impartial third party mediator crafted a collective agreement, which the workers accepted and Tyson rejected. The company created this conflict by refusing to abide by the decision of the mediator.
· The Brooks plant employs workers from the Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Ethiopia as well as drawing native Canadians from as far away as the Maritime Provinces on the Atlantic coast.
· Half the workforce at the Brooks plant is comprised of African immigrants who escaped violent persecution in their home country. At Tyson Foods, they have found themselves subject to economic and physical persecution. The workers organized with the UFCW Local 401 out of deep concerns for lack of adequate safety measures in the plant. Female employees frequently complain of lack of access to the restrooms. Conditions are dangerous. Without a union, Tyson workers do not have a voice to address these issues with management nor resolve them. After the strike, attacks have been taking place against striking workers.
· UFCW Local 401 president, Doug O’Halloran was hospitalized after his SUV was run off the road by three vehicles. Tyson managers have been charged with criminal activity in both incidents.
· Three striking workers of the Canadian slaughterhouse, most of whom are immigrants, were taunted with racial jeers, beaten with metal pipes and left in a ditch near the plant.
· While the Canadian law enforcement is investigating the violent incidents, Tyson Foods has not been taking any action to prevent further injury to workers and supporters
· As of today, the workers continue to suffer from the company’s greed-driven attacks on striking workers.
· The local authorities are not proactively intervening in a constructive manner to resolve the conflict. For instance, the Mayor Don Weisbeck said” "Lakeside has about 2,400 employees, a payroll approaching $2 million a week. They purchase about $5 million of cattle per day,"
Thank you for your help and support.
To learn more about the striking workers and Tyson’s track record with its workforce, log on to www.ufcw.org/tyson.
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