> Urgent Call: Haiti Union-Busting > id CAA22767; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 02:42:42 -0400 > > Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit > > source: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 19 00:39:17 1997 > > STOP UNION BUSTING BY DISNEY SUBCONTRACTOR! > URGENT CALL IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITIAN FACTORY WORKERS > > September 18, 1997 > > Reports from Batay Ouvriye, an independent Haitian workers > organization, indicate that management at B.V.F. Apparel > Manufacturing, s.a., has recently stepped up its offensive against the > union representing workers at that plant. B.V.F., located in Port-au- > Prince, Haiti, is a clothing subcontractor for the Connecticut based > Waterbury Corporation, a Disney licensee. B.V.F. pays workers 28c an > hour to produce clothes bearing various Disney labels. Under horrible > conditions, the workers are forced to fill impossible quotas for > starvation wages. > > Since the beginning of September, the management at B.V.F. has fired > three workers who were the top officers of the union at that plant: > the president, the secretary, and the treasurer of the union. They > also have made it clear that they intend to continue this campaign of > repression and intimidation through additional firings. > > These union busting practices by the management are not new. On the > very same day that the union was formed at that plant, about a year > ago, management responded by firing and laying off union members. > Since then, management has been consistently stalling to avoid > negotiations with the union. > > This is clearly an overt and unabashed attempt at union busting and it > is imperative that it be swiftly condemned. The workers at that plant > in Haiti stand poised to protest and demand the reinstatement of the > fired workers and will very soon be taking actions to respond to the > illegal and repressive practices of the management at B.V.F. Apparel > Manufacturing, s.a.. > > It is urgent that people of conscience, progressives and activists, > human rights groups, labor solidarity groups, and unions take an > active stand in solidarity with the Haitian workers, to condemn these > practices aimed at repressing the burgeoning labor movement in Haiti. > > Let us demand from the management at B.V.F. Apparel Manufacturing, > s.a. that it: > > 1. Rehire the fired union workers; > 2. Stop all acts of intimidation and all future firings against union > members; > 3. Stop its stalling tactics and begin engaging in good faith > negotiations leading to better working conditions and the respect > of workers' rights. > > Let us also demand that the U.S. companies benefitting from the > exploitation of these workers issue public statements asking their > business partners in Haiti to stop their acts of reprisal against > union workers. Please call, write, or send your faxes in protest to: > > In Haiti: > > Mr. Alain Villard, Director > B.V.F. Apparel Mfg. > Rues Lumumba & Cineraire > Delmas, Port-au-Prince > Haiti, (W.I.) > Tel./Fax: 011-(509) 46-41-99 > > Mr. Alain Villard, Director > c/o Classic Apparel Co. > Route de l'Aeroport > Port-au-Prince, Haiti (W.I.) > Tel.: 011-(509) 46-18-37 > Fax: 011-(509) 46-18-87 > > Mr. Alain Villard, Director > c/o ADIH (Association of Industry Owners of Haiti) > Route de Delmas > Port-au-Prince, Haiti (W.I.) > Tel. 011-509-46-45-09 > Fax: 011-509-46-22-11 > > In the United States: > > Michael Eisner, CEO > Walt Disney Company > South Buena Vista Street > Burbank, CA 91521 > Tel. 818-560-1000 > Fax: 818-846-7319 > > The Waterbury Garment Corporation > 1669 Thomaston Ave. > Waterbury, CT 06704 > Tel. 203-574-3811 > > Please cc your letters and faxes to: > BATAY OUVRIYE > P.O. Box 13326 > Delmas, Port-au-Prince > Haiti (W.I.) > Tel./fax: 011-509-22-67-19 > > THE DISNEY / HAITI JUSTICE CAMPAIGN > VILLAGE STATION, P.0. BOX 748, NY, NY 10014 > (212) 592-3612 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= > NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems > Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us > 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 > http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= > > samples-09.21.97-02:42:56-14999 >
