Dear friends, There is an urgent appeal from the provisional committee of the Maruti Suzuki Workers'Union to reach Kaithal by 10.30 in the morning. It is a very tense situation there just now. Some of us from PUDR are reaching there, The 2 mails below will explain the drastic measures being taken by the Haryana government to put an end to the ongoing protest of the workers and the planned gherao of the Industries Ministers. All kind of support are welcome from your presence at the site to media publicity, letters to CM, legal support, donations or any expression of solidarity. In solidarity,Ranjana
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: maruti worker <marutiworkerstrug...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, May 19, 2013 at 12:27 AM Subject: Re: Join GHERAO of Industries Minister residence on 19th May in Kaithal, Haryana! Down with coercion and repression by State to protect the company's interests! To: maruti worker <marutiworkerstrug...@gmail.com> Around 120-50 Maruti Suzuki workers present in the dharna site in Kaithal tonight, have been picked up by the Haryana Police around 11.30 pm. We were preparing for the demonstration call for tomorrow, 19th May 2013 in Kaithal, where thousands of people from across Haryana are to come in solidarity. This is after the declaration of the Mahapanchayat organized by MSWU on 8th 2013 May where over 2000 people came. Section 144 has been clamped on the entire town of Kaithal, the dist HQ of Kaithal dist, Haryana from 5pm today till 12o'clock midnight tomorrow. Around 1500 additional police force with tear gas etc. have already been stationed here. The funds to 84 sarpanch of village panchayat was declared by the district adminsitartion , Kaithal to be stopped. The village panchayats and local pro-worker struggle leaders have been receiving personal threat calls from the Industrial Minister, Haryana against joining our struggle. We call upon all to come in solidarity. The program tomorrow will go ahead as scheduled from 11am, as people from across the State have already started coming to the dharna site. PROVISIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE MARUTI SUZUKI WORKERS UNION On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM, maruti worker <marutiworkerstrug...@gmail.com> wrote: MARUTI SUZUKI WORKERS UNION Reg. no. 1923 IMT Manesar Ref. No. … Date: 18 May 2013 We appeal to all workers, workers and peasant organisations, trade unions and democratic forces and individuals to JOIN us in Kaithal at 11am on 19th May 2013, on our call to GHERAO of the residence of Industries Minister, Haryana, Randip Singh Surjewala. On 8th May, the Mahapanchayat in Kaithal, which saw solidarity participation of more than 2000 people from across the state and country, gave an ultimatum to the Government of Haryana of 10 days from that date to heed to the demands of our struggle. 19th May will be the 57th day of the continuing dharna from 24 March 2013, throughout which we have only peacefully exercised our democratic right to protest (we were not allowed to even do a dharna in Gurgaon or Manesar). This included an 8-day fast-unto-death which we halted temporarily only after the assurance of the Chief Minister, Bhupiner Hooda that the government will favourably look into the demands and negotiation with the company restarted. But the government has exposed itself by again paying scant regard to any of our demands. It has instead stepped up coercion on those who have come in our solidarity. The grants to 84 Village Panchayat sarpanch from across Haryana who came out in solidarity on 8th May in Kaithal have been stopped and they have been blacklisted for support to 'anti-government activities'. Besides this, in an effort to stop our call for demonstration tomorrow, Section 144 has been slapped from 5pm on 18th May to continue till night 12 o'clock on 19th May, and hundreds of police in battle-gear and tear-gas have been posted threateningly next to the site of the dharna. The government and its state administration has become pro-active to this degree to crush our struggle even after 10 months, when we fight for our legitimate demands of release of the jailed 147 workers, stop to police persecution and reinstatement of the terminated 546 permanent and 1800 contract workers. What it fears is the uncomfortable questions we have put before it, from our experience, that the scenario of decent employment is bleak and that the present model of development is essentially anti-worker and anti-people. Even as the government is supposed to represent our interests, what is fears is the unity of permanent and contract workers, the unity of common toiling people who have seen through its naked collusion with exploitative companies at the cost of our livelihood and dignity. And so throughout the phase of our struggle against the exploitation by the Maruti Suzuki company, we have continuously at all instances found the state administration and our elected representatives to bend over backwards to please the company management, and do all it could to repress our voices for justice. JOIN us on 19th May 2013 at Kaithal to raise our voice against the exploitation by the Maruti Suzuki company and the open support that the Government of Haryana lends it, and demand immediate release of all 147 jailed workers, withdrawal of false non-bailable arrest warrants against 66 workers and all other fabricated cases, reinstatement of 546 permanent and 1800 contract workers, independent impartial enquiry into the incident of 18th July 2012. Revolutionary Greetings Provisional Working Committee MARUTI SUZUKI WORKERS UNION http://marutisuzukiworkersunion.wordpress.com/ -- http://marutisuzukiworkersunion.wordpress.com/ -- http://marutisuzukiworkersunion.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com. 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