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Walmart
in Phillipines Petition
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*Update
and Urgent Action Alert
**Maquila
Solidarity Network
November
1, 2006
**Philippine
workers making clothes for Wal-Mart need your support*
Striking
workers at the Chong Won Fashion factory in the Philippine Cavite Export
Processing Zone, who make clothes for Wal-Mart, have endured violent
attacks by EPZ police, the dismantling of their picket line tent shelters,
mass dismissals, and attempts to ban them from reentering the Zone.
On
Friday, November 3, leaders of the workers' union will finally have an
opportunity to meet with representatives of Wal-Mart, factory management
and other stakeholders in an attempt to remove some of the road blocks to
a fair settlement to the dispute.
Over
the next couple days, it is extremely important that supporters of the
Chong Won workers around the world send a message to Wal-Mart to use its
considerable influence to help resolve the dispute and open the door to
negotiations between the union and the employer.
Our
colleagues at the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF), who are working
with MSN on this campaign, have set up an online petition to pressure
Wal-Mart to do the right thing.
Please
visit the ILRF website today and add your name to the petition: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ChongWonpetition
For
background information on the Chong Won strike,
please
visit the MSN website at:
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/alerts/Chong%20Won%20Phillipines-Nov%201.htm
Thank
you for your support.
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Maquila
Solidarity Network
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Shaw Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6G 3L6
416-532-8584
(phone) | 416-532-7688 (fax)
info@maquilasolidarity.org
www.maquilasolidarity.org
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