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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:58:23 -0400
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Subject: DAMN: 15-SEP-1999: Fresh Attack on Striking Sharp Workers in the Philippines
Title: Fresh Attack on Striking Sharp Workers in the Philippines
Date: 15-SEP-1999
Author: KMU Philippines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Source: <[EMAIL PROTECTED], DAMN's labor topic specialist
Reference: KMU Action Alert Update # 3
Picketing members of Sharp Philippines Electronics Workers Union (SPEWU)
were again attacked by management stooges and police last September 15,
just a day after another brutal attack that injured scores of workers
and union organizers. What distinguished this incident from the others
were the use of water cannons and sexual molestation.
At 4 pm that day, about 60 members of the Southern Luzon Security Agency
and hired goons swiftly assaulted the picketline of Sharp Philippines in
Muntinlupa City, where some 100 workers were keeping watch. Employing
water-cannons and steel-pipe bearing goons with devastating effect, the
attackers succeeded in dispersing the stunned workers, who gallantly
fought back but were eventually overwhelmed.
During the meleé, some security guards and goons fondled the private
parts of women workers. "They were practically raped in front of
passersby," said one eyewitness. The high-pressure jets from
water-cannons and manhandling by the attackers stripped off the blouses
of some female unionists, adding to their painful and humiliating
ordeal.
Some 20 policemen under the command of Col. Dimayuga of the Southern
Police District merely looked on as all these were happening, refusing
to lift a finger even as the women workers begged them to do something
to prevent the human rights violations. They even helped the guards and
goons dismantle the picketline structures, and the workers failed to
identify most of them since they wore no name plates. Even their cars
did not have the appropriate markings, apparently in an attempt to
conceal the fact that they were cops on duty.
This has been the fourth case of harassment on the Sharp picketline
since it was put up. The union has been on strike since 25 August 1999.
Fifty seven (57) union members of Sharp Philippines Corporation were
terminated on 23 August 1999, after the union held a two-week protest
action inside the company premises to pressure the management to act on
their grievances and demands.
Among the issues faced by the workers are the non-implementation of the
10% wage increase stipulated in their Collective Bargaining Agreement
(CBA), non-implementation of the P29 legislated wage increase in the
year 1990, and other non-economic issues such as threat to job security.
Even as this is being written, the Sharp strikers are being pelted with
rocks by company goons and guards. Some 30 women have already been hurt
after being hit by rocks on the head and chest. We will send you more
details as soon as complete field reports come in.
The SPEWU needs your support. Please send protest messages to:
Mr. Shigeo Kashimi
President
SHARP PHILIPPINES CORPORATION
Km. 23 West Service Rd.,
South Super Hi-way, Muntinlupa City
PHILIPPINES
Hon. Bienvenido Laguesma
Labor Secretary
Department of Labor and Employment
Intramuros, Manila, PHILIPPINES
Fax : (63-2) 527 3560
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Solidarity messages can be sent to:
Mr. Alfredo Sintor, President
SHARP PHILIPPINES ELECTRONICS WORKERS UNION (SPEWU)
c/o KMU International Department
37-A Quinto's Compound
Brgy. Kristong Hari, Quezon City 1112
PHILIPPINES
Telefax: (63-2) 725 6781
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more information, contact:
Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia
Tel: 03 9419 5045
Fax: 03 9416 2746
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