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. . Global and Local Analysis & Action ... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: info <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: [mobilize-globally] WARNING FROM AMERICAN WORKERS ------ Forwarded Message From: Michelle Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:57:16 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WTOactivists] WARNING FROM AMERICAN WORKERS WARNING FROM AMERICAN WORKERS As Italian workers contemplate whether or not to participate in the upcoming General Strike called by CGIL, CISL, UIL and other labor unions throughout Italy, we, the undersigned workers from the United States, support and encourage Italian workers to fight the Americanization of Italian labor law! In the United States today, it is estimated that roughly 90 percent of all workers live under some form of the constricting legal doctrine called "at-will employment." It is clear from the Italian government's plan that this American-style "at-will employment" is the ultimate aim of Berlusconi's desire to re-write Article 18 of the Italian Constitution, etc. Being an "at-will" employee in the United States means that you are employed as, and thus live as, a slave. As an "at-will" employee you function at the arbitrary desire of your supervisor. If your boss doesn't like the color of your shirt, you can be fired with no legal recourse. Living as an "at-will" employee means living with the constant fear that at any minute the livelihood and survival of your family is at risk. During the winter of 2000, after 143 steelworkers in Duluth, Minnesota, in the USA, declared a strike against a local steel foundry owned by a company also operating in Italy, we appealed for solidarity from the Italian workers employed by the company, known at the time as GST-Europa SpA. To the amazement of hundreds of "at-will" employees in Minnesota, workers at the GST-Europa foundry in Mezzomerico (Novara) Italy declared a sympathy strike in solidarity with the 143 striking Duluth steelworkers. If Berlusconi succeeds, the grueling ten-month long strike endured by our neighbors - our brothers and sisters and their families - in Minnesota is an example of what workers in Italy can expect as their own future. The multi-national corporation locked-out the steelworkers from the Duluth factory without pay and without a guarantee of returning to work for the entire duration of the ten-month long strike! At last report, only 30 steelworkers are now employed at the Duluth foundry and the union is in disarray. We, labor-activists in the U.S., feel obligated to stand-up and offer our solidarity to the workers of Italy in this fight for workers' rights. Berlusconi's attack on labor is an attack upon our families and children, in America as well as in Italy. We must fight against these attacks. "At-will" employment is horrible. You must not allow it to become the legal standard in Italy! Please, strike and take to the streets on April 16th! Juan Arroyo [Los Angeles, California] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sally Bebo-Anderson [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.525.2866 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mary Cain [Cloquet, Minnesota] Phone: 218.726.8297 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Séamas Cain [Cloquet, Minnesota] Phone: 218.879.8628 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Laverne Capan [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.724.2647 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom Carr [Oakland, California] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom Cornell [Marlboro, New York] Phone: 845.236.2542 Rodger Cragun [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.727.2972 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linda Das-Gupta [Superior, Wisconsin] Phone: 715.398.5494 Kevin Davis [Carlton, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sara Dunlap [Brainerd, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dylan Ellefson [Los Angeles, California] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peter L. Freeman [West Liberty, West Virginia] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom Gilliam [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.727.4088 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patrick Halpin [Warrensburg, Missouri] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom Heinonen [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.393.4672 Jeffrey Hilgert [Duluth, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lee Siu Hin [Los Angeles, California} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Grace Hoff [Lincoln, Nebraska] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Virginia Hyvarinen [Cambridge, Massachusetts] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Helmut Jensen [Cloquet, Minnesota] Phone: 218.879.6058 Kathleen Johnson [Stillwater, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gary Kohls [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.728.9756 Nick Levashov [Devil's Lake, North Dakota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Staughton Lynd [Niles, Ohio] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Scott Mathern-Jacobson [Duluth, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Catherine McDonald [Duluth, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rick Milanov [Boston, Massachusetts] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jeff Miller [St. Paul, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Robert Montseny [Washington, D.C.} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patrick J. Needham [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.727.1992 Peter Nickitas [St. Paul, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Solomon O'Lunigh [Minneapolis, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patrick O'Neill [Houlton, Maine] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tyrone Permenter [Washington, D.C.] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wade Rawluk [Bronx, New York] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jack Rosenquist [Duluth, Minnesota] Phone: 218.728.4672 Niels Strandskov [Minneapolis, Minnesota] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bruce Tomczak [Superior, Wisconsin] Phone: 715.394.6324 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Community email addresses: Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.onelist.com/community/WTOactivists Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------ Yahoo! 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