Greetings,
Much water has passed under the bridge on this list about the question of
"internationalism." I read it that some people on this list consider it
"internationalist" for American workers to lose their jobs or their wage levels so
that yet more unemployed workers can be added to our pool of unemployed, which even
the meretricious bourgeois press admit already reduces one in twenty working Americans
to joblessness. Various objective studies, especially the classic Detroit study, have
demonstrated how extraordinarily government figures understate real unemployment
levels, which are actually much, much higher.
Well, allow me to take a short breather from this discussion, and introduce an example
of what I consider socialist or labor internationalist solidarity. Here is an
opportunity, in my view, to show where you really stand with international labor. And
note, there is nothing divisive here: we are not being asked to set one segment of
the world working class against another, just to show solidarity. Ain't it elegant?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jedinstvena sindikalna organizacija ZASTAVA
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 7:02 AM
Dear Mr. Yaker,
FROM OUR ESTEEMED AMBASSADOR, DR PAVLE TODOROVIC WE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER
IN WHICH YOU SHOWED INTEREST AND SINCERE WISH TO ESTABLISH CONTACT IN A SENSE
OF GIVING SOLIDARITY FINANCIAL HELP TO THE WORKERS FROM ZASTAVA GROUP.
WE ARE REALLY IMPRESSED BY YOUR PERSONNEL ATTITUDE TOWARD ALL DISAGREEABLE
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED HERE, IN THIS AREA AND WHICH ARE THE RESULTS OF
UNFRIENDLY
POSITION OF THE WORLD'S POWERFUL PERSONS TOWARD OUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE.
IN FACT, FORTUNATELY THERE ARE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIKE YOU ARE
WHO EXPRESS THEIR DISAGREEMENT AND PROTEST TO NATO AGGRESSION AND SEVERAL
YEARS LASTING SANCTIONS. WE ARE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE OF THAT AND IT GIVES US THE
POWER TO CONTINUE OUR FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL AND DESERVING LIFE OF THE WORKERS IN
THIS REGION.
ZASTAVA WORKERS WERE AND ALSO NOW HAVE BEEN MODEL OF THE WORKING CLASS OF
THIS COUNTRY AND ABOVE ALL, THEY ARE RECOGNIZED PER THEIR DEVOTION AND
BELONGING
TO THEIR DEVOTION AND BELONGING TO THEIR FACTORY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, DURING THE WAR, THEY WERE GOOD DEFENDERS OF THEIR FACTORIES
AND AFTER THE WAR THEY AMAZED THE WORLD WITH THE EXCELLENT RESULTS IN
REBUILDING
DESTROYED FACTORIES.
THEY CONTINUED TO REBUILD ALSO IN THIS YEAR, THE PRODUCTION LEVEL HAS ALREADY
BEEN
INCREASED BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEED SEVERAL YEARS MORE TO REBUILD EVERYTHING
THEY DESTROYED US DURING VANDAL BOMBING. HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO THE SO GOOD
RESULTS
IN RECONSTRUCTION, LONG LASTING DESTRUCTIVE SANCTIONS DECELERATE MORE
INTENSIVE
RECOVERY OF OUR COMPANY AND IT RESULTED IN VERY LOW LIFE STANDARD OF OUR
WORKERS.
ONLY HALF OF 36.000 EMPLOYEES CAME BACK TO THEIR WORKING PLACES AND THE OTHERS
HAVE BEEN AT THEIR HOMES EXPECTING BETTER TIME WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME
BACK
TO THE FACTORY.
NUMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES IN ZASTAVA GROUP AND THEIR VERY DIFFICULT SOCIAL
STATUS
MOVED THE INITIATIVES OF THE TRADE UNIONS FROM ITALY AND GERMANY FOR THE
PURPOSE
OF GIVING SOLIDARY FINANCIAL HELP TO THE WORKERS OF ZASTAVA GROUP AND IN THAT
WAY
TO SUPPORT THEM TO SURVIVE THE MOST DIFFICULT PERIOD IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
FOR THAT PURPOSE IT WAS ESTABLISHED THE FUND OF THE SOLIDARITY FOR ZASTAVA
WORKERS.
THE PAYMENT IS EFFECTED IN GERMAN HARD CURRENCY (DEM) PLEASE FIND HERE
ENCLOSED
NUMBER OF THE ACCOUNT THROUGH WHICH THE PAYMENTS, IN THE NAME OF HELP TO THE
POOR
WORKERS, WERE EFFECTED.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE REPORTED, WITH THE MENTIONED TRADE UNIONS, THE
REALIZATION OF
THREE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS.
1.. EQUIPMENT FOR THE ZASTAVA MEDICAL CENTER INCLUDING NECESSARY MEDICAL
APPARATUS
2.. AND MEDICAMENTS;
3.. EQUIPMENT FOR THE WORKERS KITCHEN
4.. SCHOLLARSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE, FOR THE TIME
BEING, WITHOUT
5.. JOB (MONTHLY AMOUNT OF THE SAME IS DM 50, IN COUNTINUITY OF 1-2 YEARS)
ALL CONTACT WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNIONS ARE REALIZES BY OUR ORGANIZATION
OF
INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION ZASTAVA AND 92% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES
ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR INITIATIVE FOR COOPERATION AND GIVING SOLIDARY
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ZASTAVA WORKERS.
IN A CASETHAT YOU WANT TO COOPERATE WITH US WE REMAIN AT YOUR DISPOSAL FOR THE
FURTHER CONTACTS, INITIATIVES AND OF COURSE FOR EVERY THING YOU COULD BE
INTERESTED IN.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE COOPERATION,
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PLEASURE OF HEARING FROM YOU, SOON, WE REMAIN,
SOLIDARY FINANCIAL HELP
(IN DEM)
IN FAVOUR OF : /02012024/LB-017/35AB
(field 59) HOLDING HUM COMPANY, MOSCOW
WITH: B.C.E.N. (EUROBANK) PARIS
(field 57) (swift code. EUROFRPP)
INTERMEDIARY: DRESDNER BANK AG
(field 56A) FRANKFURT AM MAIN
/swift code : DRESDEFF/
SINCERELY YOURS
MRS RUZICA MILOSAVLJEVIC
PRESIDENT
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