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1525 Newton St NW
Thursday, August 7 at 4:00pm
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If you were the richest man in the world, what kind of factory would you operate? Would it pay a decent wage? Would workers feel safe to talk to one another about their pay and working conditions? Would you threaten to close it down if they spoke up and asked for a raise...
STITCH In July of 2008 Outreach Coordinator Cassandra Baker and SITRABI worker Carmen Molina toured the southern region of the US visiting poultry workers and day laborers. They gave trainings to local groups on leadership development.
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For many years, STITCH has supported the unionized women workers at the maquila factory, CHOI SHIN in Villa Nueva, Guatemala. Three weeks ago factory owners came and tried to close the factory and ship these union jobs to nonunion factories in Guatemala and Nicaragua to take advantage of cheaper labor and to bust the ...union. SITRACHOI is one of the only remaining unions in the textile industry in Guatemala. It is vital that we take action to support these workers TODAY!
STITCH is asking our allies to write and call the Guatemalan Embassy in the United States to ask the government to take action. We are calling on the Guatemalan government because:
· The closing of the factory is illegal under Guatemalan law
· The Guatemalan Department of Labor is not protecting the factory workers
· The government can and should force the company to keep its promise to the union and respect the laws of Guatemala. The company should remain open and bring the business back from the other maquilas where it has been sent.
TAKE ACTION TODAY
Email or call the Guatemala Embassy to demand that the government fully protect the workers of CHOI SHIN and support them in their efforts to prevent the illegal closing of their factory.
Ambassador Jose Guillermo Castillo
Embassy of Guatemala
2220 R Street, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20008
Email: INFO@guatemala-embassy.org
Sample Letter:
Dear Ambassador Guillermo Castillo,
I recently heard about the case of workers in the CHOI SHIN factory in Villa Nueva and I want to urge the government of Guatemala to take action to support the factory workers and protect their rights. The owners of CHOI SHIN are attempting to illegally close the factory and move production to other factories within Guatemala and in Nicaragua all in an attempt to break the union at CHOI SHIN.
We are asking your government to support a full legal investigation, support the workers rights to a union and force the company to respect the union and the law by re-opening the plant and reemploying the union workers.
I know that the Guatemalan government is working to bring change to Guatemala and I hope this case will be a way for the government to show the world that the new administration is committed to protecting worker’s rights.
Sincerely,
TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT Guatemalan Unionists!
Time:4:00PM Thursday, August 7th
Location:1525 Newton St NW
STITCH To foster a better understanding of the lives of women and unions in Central America, STITCH took a delegation of US women to Guatemala to meet with our partners.
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