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 السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا
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International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
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http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20050714113633322
on Tyson Foods Violent Attacks On Striking Canadian Workers
Tyson Foods must end its campaign of repression and brutality against workers and supporters at the company’s Brooks, Alberta, Canada, beef packing plant. The 2,300 workers put up picket lines last Wednesday 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.
Tyson greed knows no limits and Tyson managers are willing to stop at nothing to deny its employees the opportunity to legally strike for a fair contract. Three striking Sudanese workers, who escaped brutal repression in their own country by coming to work in the relative safety of a Canadian slaughterhouse, were taunted with racial jeers, beaten with metal pipes and left in a ditch near the plant. 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.
While Canadian law enforcement investigates the two violent incidents, Tyson Foods should immediately take action to prevent further injury to workers and supporters. I call on John Tyson, CEO of his family’s company, to take action against any management employees who are instigating and carrying out dangerous attacks on striking workers.
More than half the workforce at the Brooks plant is comprised of Sudanese and Somalian refugees who escaped violent persecution in their home country. At Tyson, 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.
Tyson’s greed has threatened workers’ well-being on the job, and now, workers continue to suffer from the company’s greed-driven attacks on striking workers. 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.
Tyson, it’s time to do the right thing – it can start by coming back to the table and negotiate a contract that provides a safer working environment for your employees and compensates them fairly for the job they do for you.
Tyson can and should turn away from greed as its central motivator. People do the work that keeps your company going. It’s time to recognize that human need should take priority before greed.
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Mohamed Elgadi
Philadelphia
PA
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Date |
| السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | Mohamed Elgadi | 10-20-05, 02:59 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | abdelrahim abayazid | 10-21-05, 06:39 AM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | Dr.Mohammed Ali Elmusharaf | 10-21-05, 06:56 AM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | النصرى أمين | 10-21-05, 01:24 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | Tragie Mustafa | 10-21-05, 01:33 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | Mohamed Elgadi | 10-21-05, 01:33 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | Tragie Mustafa | 10-21-05, 03:10 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | عبدالعظيم محمد أحمد | 10-21-05, 02:33 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | امبدويات | 10-21-05, 03:35 PM |
| Re: السودانيون في ٳضراب بكندا | Elmuez | 10-21-05, 03:43 PM |
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