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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (robin alexander)
Dear union brothers and sisters and other friends and supporters:
In the past I have sent you requests for letters on behalf of Mexican
workers or independent unions. This time I am writing to ask for your
assistance in sending e-mails in support of a new UE Local in Ohio. Please
take a minute to send the sample e-mail or to write your own, and to help us
circulate this request!
In Solidarity,
Robin Alexander
UE Director of International Labor Affairs
********
Please help UE Stop Unionbusting by Japanese Transnational
The United Electrical Workers' Union (UE) asks for your solidarity and
immediate assistance in the fight to stop unionbusting by Kobe Steel, a
giant Japanese multinational with plants in the U.S. Please join this fight
for workers' rights by sending protest messages to corporate officials at
the e-mail addresses below.
More than three months ago, the 120 workers at Kobe's Glastic plastics plant
in
Jefferson, Ohio, voted to unionize. However, Kobe, a billion dollar global
giant, is intent on busting their newly formed union instead of negotiating
a union contract. Kobe/Glastic representatives have brought nothing but
arrogance and insults to the few bargaining sessions held to date. Recently,
when local union leaders tried to expose these sham negotiations in reports
to fellow workers in the plant cafeteria, management tried to silence them!
Issues the workers are seeking to resolve in negotiations include health and
safety problems and a huge wage disparity between their plant and a
Kobe/Glastic unionized facility in nearby Cleveland. At the Jefferson
plant, an overwhelming number of production workers suffer from carpal
tunnel syndrome, with many already having had surgery on both wrists. Wages
in Jefferson are 25 - 50% less than in Cleveland. The members of newly
organized UE Local 758 want respect from the company, democracy in their
workplace, and a union contract to improve their wages and conditions.
Protest messages urging an end to union busting and a beginning of good
faith negotiations should be sent to: Masahiro Kumamoto, Kobe Steel
President and CEO at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Glenn Grant, Glastic
Corp.President and CEO at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
A sample e-mail protest message appears below. When you send your protest
to company officials please copy your e-mail to UE at
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Additional solidarity messages may also be sent
to UE Local 758 in care of the same e-mail address.
Sample E-Mail:
Mr. Masahiro Kumamoto, President and CEO, Kobe Steel
Mr. Glenn Grant, Glastic Corp.President and CEO
I am outraged to hear of the abuse of workers' rights occurring at
Kobe/Glastic's Jefferson, Ohio, location. I urge you to immediately begin
negotiating regularly with union representatives there with the intention of
signing a union contract within a few weeks. If your unionbusting
continues, there is sure to be permanent damage to Kobe's public image in
the U.S. and around the globe.
Please let me know once you have signed a contract with the United
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), Local 758.
cc: UE
Please send to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Robin Alexander
UE Director of International Labor Affairs
One Gateway Center, Suite 1400
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
PGH., PA. 15222-1416
412-471-8919
412-471-8999 FAX
HTTP://www.igc.apc.org/unitedelect/ (See alert section every two weeks for
labor and related news from Mexico).
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Subject: Help Stop Unionbusting in Ohio by Japanese Transnational
Dear union brothers and sisters and other friends and supporters:
In the past I have sent you requests for letters on behalf of Mexican
workers or independent unions. This time I am writing to ask for your
assistance in sending e-mails in support of a new UE Local in Ohio. Please
take a minute to send the sample e-mail or to write your own, and to help us
circulate this request!
In Solidarity,
Robin Alexander
UE Director of International Labor Affairs
********
Please help UE Stop Unionbusting by Japanese Transnational
The United Electrical Workers' Union (UE) asks for your solidarity and
immediate assistance in the fight to stop unionbusting by Kobe Steel, a
giant Japanese multinational with plants in the U.S. Please join this fight
for workers' rights by sending protest messages to corporate officials at
the e-mail addresses below.
More than three months ago, the 120 workers at Kobe's Glastic plastics plant
in
Jefferson, Ohio, voted to unionize. However, Kobe, a billion dollar global
giant, is intent on busting their newly formed union instead of negotiating
a union contract. Kobe/Glastic representatives have brought nothing but
arrogance and insults to the few bargaining sessions held to date. Recently,
when local union leaders tried to expose these sham negotiations in reports
to fellow workers in the plant cafeteria, management tried to silence them!
Issues the workers are seeking to resolve in negotiations include health and
safety problems and a huge wage disparity between their plant and a
Kobe/Glastic unionized facility in nearby Cleveland. At the Jefferson
plant, an overwhelming number of production workers suffer from carpal
tunnel syndrome, with many already having had surgery on both wrists. Wages
in Jefferson are 25 - 50% less than in Cleveland. The members of newly
organized UE Local 758 want respect from the company, democracy in their
workplace, and a union contract to improve their wages and conditions.
Protest messages urging an end to union busting and a beginning of good
faith negotiations should be sent to: Masahiro Kumamoto, Kobe Steel
President and CEO at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Glenn Grant, Glastic
Corp.President and CEO at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
A sample e-mail protest message appears below. When you send your protest
to company officials please copy your e-mail to UE at
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Additional solidarity messages may also be sent
to UE Local 758 in care of the same e-mail address.
Sample E-Mail:
Mr. Masahiro Kumamoto, President and CEO, Kobe Steel
Mr. Glenn Grant, Glastic Corp.President and CEO
I am outraged to hear of the abuse of workers' rights occurring at
Kobe/Glastic's Jefferson, Ohio, location. I urge you to immediately begin
negotiating regularly with union representatives there with the intention of
signing a union contract within a few weeks. If your unionbusting
continues, there is sure to be permanent damage to Kobe's public image in
the U.S. and around the globe.
Please let me know once you have signed a contract with the United
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), Local 758.
Please send to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Robin Alexander
UE Director of International Labor Affairs
One Gateway Center, Suite 1400
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
PGH., PA. 15222-1416
412-471-8919
412-471-8999 FAX
HTTP://www.igc.apc.org/unitedelect/ (See alert section every two weeks for
labor and related news from Mexico).
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