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In a message dated 99-02-19 15:59:07 EST, ueintl at igc.apc.org writes:

<< Subj: Help Stop Unionbusting in Ohio by Japanese Transnational

Date: 99-02-19 15:59:07 EST

From: ueintl at igc.apc.org (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 <www-admin at kobelco.co.jp> and Glenn Grant, Glastic

Corp.President and CEO at <sales at glastic.com>.

A sample e-mail protest message appears below. When you send your protest

to company officials please copy your e-mail to UE at

<organize at ranknfile-ue.org>. 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: <www-admin at kobelco.co.jp>, <sales at glastic.com>,

<organize at ranknfile-ue.org>

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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