January 18-28, 2010
44,000 electrical workers in Central Mexico have been locked out of their jobs since October 10, 2009, when the government of Felipe Calderon, who was imposed by fraud in the July 2006 presidential election, closed the public utility co. Luz y Fuerza del Centro with the aim of privatizing this nationalized corporation and destroying the powerful and militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union (Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas, or SME).
Learn first hand from one of the central leaders of this union, Brother Humberto Montes de Oca, about this struggle which is being waged by these courageous workers and their union — with the support of hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets for more than three months to protest the closing of Luz y Fuerza and the attack on the SME.
Learn about the history of this union and how it has spearheaded the resistance movement across Mexico against NAFTA, privatization, union-busting and the entire corporate neoliberal agenda.
And learn what you can do to help this resistance struggle — which is our struggle!
The 10-day Bay Area tour is sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council and is being supported by scores of local unions and community organizations.
To learn more about the tour and where Brother Montes de Oca will be appearing at public forums, fundraisers and union and community membership meetings, please call 415-513-5393
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San Francisco Labor Council Educational Event about Mexican Electricians’ Union Struggle
Mexican Electrical Workers Locked Out!
The right wing Mexican government has militarily occupied power plants in Mexico City to lock out thousands of electrical workers for four months in an effort to break their union and privatize Mexican energy to sell to transnational corporations.
Come to a labor and community forum in solidarity with this historic labor struggle of the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME)
Mon., Jan. 25
6 p.m.
Plumbers’ Hall, 1621 Market Street
free – everyone welcome
Sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF
For more information, contact Karl Kramer at 415-513-5393
