On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:32:30AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote:
> --
> On 20 Jan 2003 at 7:20, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> > It's hard to tell from the US media reports what's really
> > going on. Is the "nation-wide strike" a strike of the workers
> > or just a lockout of the workers by the companies opposed to
> > Chaves? Given his popularity with the lower class, it's
> > difficult to understand why they would be striking against
> > him.
>
> It is a strike. You can tell by the fact that Chavez has been
> trolling poorer latin American countries, in particular Brazil,
> to recruit guest workers to do scab labor.
>
Well, but only a strike of the executives and some technicians. Not of the
general workers.
> However he recently discovered that many of these guest
> workers, though they theoretically have the skills of those
> they are supposed to replace, do not actually have the skills.
>
Sounds like it's pretty much over at this point. They figure to back in full
production within a month. I think it would be great if then they would refuse
to ever sell a single barrel of oil to the US again.
--
Harmon Seaver
CyberShamanix
http://www.cybershamanix.com
