> ASTTEL union > Dear comrades, > > With this letter we bring you very bad news! > > Today, January 2nd 1998, all trade union leaders of the new CTE company > were amde redundant (as the first step of the privatised > telecommunications company). > > Not only ASTTEL but also the other three trade union organisations have > been affected by this decission, resulting in the almost complete > disappearance of trade unionism in the telecommunications sector (70 > trade unionists have been sacked). > > The same day, company sites were guarded by police and the army, so the > comrades could not do anything. > > We will continue the struggle, but we need urgent international > solidarity. > Find below a model letter of protest. We urge you to take the following > actions: > > 1. To circultae this message to different unions so that they send > letters of protest > 2. To send copies of any protest messages to our union ASTTEL > 3. To post this message as widely as possible in the Internet. > > We hope to get the reinstatement of all workers. We will try to get the > union recognised (as the company has changed with the privatisation, the > union has been effectively de-recognised). We are having a press > conference today and are already preparing tough actions for next week. > > Fraternal greetings from ASTTEL > Adalberto Flores, > Secretary > -------------------------- > Model protest letter: > > TO: > Dr. Arnaldo Calderon Sol > Presidente de la Republica de El Salvador > Fax: + 503 271 0950 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ESDO > > Dear Sir, > We have received with great surprise the news of the sacking of several > trade union leaders in the telecommunications sector in El Salvador. This > is even more surprising because when you go abroad to other countries, > you boast about the fact that El Salvador advances to a real democracy > but in practice you maintain repression against trade unions. These are > the kind of attitudes that led El Salvador to a 12 year war. > We demand the immediate reinstatement of all sacked trade unionists to > the new CTE company. > > Yours, > > copies to: > > Dr Juan Jose Daboub > President of the CTE SA de CV > fax: + 503 281 0017 > > Lic Carlos Medina Novelino > Gerente General de ANTEL > Fax: + 503 221 2122 > > and to the union: > ASTTEL > fax: + 503 271 80 56 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------ > Translated by La Red Obrera/LabourNet > www.labournet.org.uk >
