Tornel Strike Negotiations Stuck on 40 Hours Issue
The tire transnational remains intransigent on the 40 hour workweek issue and pending salary increases.
The tire transnational remains intransigent on the 40 hour workweek issue and pending salary increases.
With four workers shot and an intransigent employer, the union needs widespread solidarity.
What began as a workers’ protest escalated into an armed attack against those protecting the movement, with four workers shot.
The union stressed the urgency of addressing the conflict since, in addition to fearing further attacks, more than 2,000 families & over 20,000 indirect jobs are affected by the company’s intransigence.
On March 18, striking workers on the picket line at a Tornel Rubber plant were attacked by an armed shock group of over sixty men. Four workers were shot.
The tire plant workers unease stems from an attack they suffered early Wednesday morning, when armed men shot and wounded four employees on the picket-line.
An armed shock group assaulted striking workers at the Tornel Rubber plant in Tultitlán, Mexico state, shooting four workers and injuring many more, provoking condemnation from Centre International de Solidarité Ouvrière.
Around 4:30 AM, about 60 armed men with sticks and firearms began attacking the workers, who managed to capture two of the attackers.