-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- July 23, 1999 Ford Plant in Brazil Still Struck By The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Union leaders on Friday vowed to stay out on strike at the Ford truck plant in Sao Paulo, saying the company's promise to guarantee workers their jobs until year-end was insufficient. Nearly 1,500 workers went on strike Thursday after a newspaper reported that the Ford would shut down its Sao Paulo factory and transfer production to the northeastern state of Bahia. The strike brought the facility in a working-class neighborhood of Sao Paulo to a standstill. It normally produces 120 trucks a day. Ford denied it was planning to move the plant to Bahia but acknowledged it was studying the possibility of transferring it to a less densely populated area in Sao Paulo state. After a meeting with Ford's human resources director, Carlos Augusto Marino, labor leaders said Thursday that an agreement was reached to guarantee jobs for the workers through Dec. 31. That was expected to get the workers' back on their jobs. Eleno Bezerra, secretary general of the Sao Paulo Metalworkers Union, said Ford also promised to keep the truck factory in Sao Paulo state and would give the union a say as to where it will be moved. But on Friday, Carlos Abreu Ortiz, director of the Sao Paulo metal workers union, said the strike would continue until Ford promised to move the workers along with the plant. Ortiz said the union planned to stage protests to call attention to the workers' plight. ___________________________________________________________________ DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
