From: A.L. (ihateuk@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 01:33:17 EST
howdy everyone,
I'm forwarding this message asking for solidarity from the Coalition for
Justice in the Maquiladoras...
amanda
Dear CJM Members,
Since I know many of you will be leaving for the holidays.
I am writing to you to alert you the last events in Sara Lee.
I will follow up to this email with more information on January 2nd about
letters you can write to the Sara Lee Administration.
In the meantime, please distribute this letter from ENLACE widely.
CJM office will be closed the holidays and we will be open until January
2nd.
Have a wonderfoul holidays
Martha
-----Original Message-----
From: Enlace [mailto:enlace@communitiesunitedforpeople.org]
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:24 PM
To: Enlace
Subject: PLEASE CALL SARA LEE
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
As payback for a successful organized action carried out by workers in the
maquila Confecciones de Monclova in Frontera, Mexico, Sara Lee appears to
be closing the plant and moving to another city while workers are off for
the Christmas holiday.
Tell Sara Lee not to be the Grinch Who Stole Christmas! Don't close the
plant in Frontera! Don't retaliate against the seven workers of the
Negotiation Committee!
Please call or email:
Janet Bergman
Vice President Investor Relations
(312) 558-4966
shareholder@saralee.com
Congratulate them for giving out the legally required bonus after a
successful action by the workers, but demand that there be no reprisals
against the seven workers of the Negotiation Committee and that they don't
close the plant in Frontera.
For more information about the workers' victory, keep reading:
The maquila in Sara Lee had the practice of giving out bonuses based on
the
worker's production during the last weeks of the year. The table they
used
to determine each person's bonus consisted of production quotas that were
impossible to reach. But this year was different, thanks to the workers'
organizing efforts. They presented a petition signed by 500 workers.
Last
week, this document was given to the General Manager of the maquila, Mr.
Lauro Pesqueira. Now Sara Lee is operating as required by law. On
December 11, Mr. Pesqueira announced that the bonus would be calculated
and
distributed as required by the Federal Labor Law of Mexico.
The seven workers that were responsible for this victory and therefore
vulnerable to retaliation are: Laura Armandina Márquez; Julia Palacios;
Silvia de la Cruz; Maria Teresa Carrizales; Maria del Rosario de la Cruz
Ávila; Maria de Lourdes Muñoz Díaz; Maria Luisa Rodríguez.
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