>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 06:51:40 EDT >Subject: OLEG SHEIN - Summer European Speaking Tour > > >RUSSIA INFO-LIST >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*********************************************************** >ISWoR web-site - http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/index.html >*********************************************************** > >Dear all, > Oleg Shein, leading labour militant and left Duma deputy, is touring >Europe in July. Speaking dates are being arranged in London, Liverpool and >Glasgow between 12-16 July. ISWoR have not yet fixed dates for major cities >in continental Europe. We need as many contacts and different organisations >as possible willing to help organise and sponsor this important tour, for all >the meetings. We also need Russian interpreters for the tour, and people able >to translate relevant documents (such as this trade union motion below) into >different languages. All offers of assistance, suggestions and questions to >tour organisers, Lisa or Steve at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Please use the details below to make leaflets for distribution to your local >trade union branches and committees - and keep us informed. The leaflet in MS >Word format is attached. > >in solidarity - Steve Myers >***************************** > >OLEG SHEIN - Russian Trade Union Leader > >EUROPEAN SPEAKING TOUR 12th - 29th July > >Duma Deputy (from Astrakhan region); Co-Chair - ���Zaschita��� (���Defence��� >- >all-Russia trade union) > >Oleg Shein at 27 is the youngest Deputy elected to the Russian Duma, lower >house of parliament. He achieved this victory last December because of his >tireless work as a trade union militant in the Astrakhan region near the >Caspian Sea. He is also known for his work in support of pensioners, housing >for all, and support of Caucasian and Chechen people���s rights. > >Shein is one of the most active figures of a new militant revival of the >Russian labour movement that is sweeping across Russia a decade after >privatisation began. Almost all the struggles of the last 2 years since the >"Rail Wars" began have seen the growth of Zaschita branches across the >country, and the increasing participation of the younger more militant layers >in every struggle. Shein works in an anti-sectarian manner with many >different political groups on the left. > >Oleg Shein is one of the key figures behind a broad trade union-based >campaign of resistance against the introduction of the draconian new Labour >Code. Putin���s new laws are a wholesale removal of many of the most important >rights held by workers which have existed for decades. It will make trade >unions impotent, destroying any ability of Russian workers to improve the >condition of their lives. The 56 hour-week and 12 hour-day will become the >norm. Maternity benefits are to be cut in half. Shein argues that if the old >Labour Code is not defended, Russian workers will face Third World conditions >and dictatorship. > >With help from western big-business men, who are competing to rip up the >Russian bear and grab whatever fur or flesh they can, President Putin is >preparing to complete the devastating privatisation process in Russia. He is >being advised by top Russian oligarchs to install a Pinochet-style rule over >labour - and indeed the repression against Zaschita and Oleg Shein���s >colleagues has already begun (see ISWoR website - below). Last year his close >friend and collaborator Maksakov was murdered with a shot-gun. > >The aim of this European tour is to build international class solidarity >between the Russian and European workers movement. It is imperative that the >decades of Russian workers isolation is overcome in this crucial next period. >As western-imposed misery deepens, more Russians of all classes are turning >towards ultra-nationalist, racist and chauvinist political parties whose >promises to restore the former "great nation" of Russia and conceal a >fascistic agenda. Meanwhile the American establishment, acknowledging the >mess they have created in Russia, are pushing the world towards a new arms >race with the new National Missile "Defence" programme aimed at Russia and >China. > >Only workers internationalism and unity against the bosses of all nations can >stop these frightening new developments. Please support this important tour. > >TRADE UNION MOTION > > "We, �Ķ�Ķ..�Ķ. , note the above information regarding Oleg Shein and >the >anti-union Labour Code being introduced by the Russian Government. > >1 - We agree to send messages of protest and of solidarity regarding the new >Labour Code. >2 - We agree to sponsor the European speaking tour by Oleg Shein. >3 - We agree to donate �� �Ķ�Ķ towards expenses of Shein���s speaking tour. > >Cheques to Oleg Shein Euro-tour co-ordinators - "ISWoR (OS)" >Box R - 46 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RZ, England > >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Latest Russia labour news at - >http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/index.html > >*********************************************************** >The RUSSIA INFO-LIST >If you have something you would like to distribute on Russia Info-List, or >want to help in our practical solidarity work, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Shein 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