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APC CAR PARTS : Poultry Strikers Win Support From Unions And Black Farmers********************************* ************************************from the Militant, vol.63/no.4 February 1, 1999BY CHRIS HOEPPNERAND WILLIE REID CORYDON, Indiana - "Tyson needs to treat people withrespect," said Kim Stewart, who has worked at the poultry planthere for 11 years. "I've been here through three contractperiods and two different owners. If your child is ill, youshouldn't have to go through the harassment they put youthrough to just get the message and the time off you need tocare for your child." Jessica McCormack, who has worked here five years, added,"Supervisors yell at people, they're just disrespectful. Wewon't put up with it." More than 300 poultry workers here went on strike againstTyson Foods, the country's largest poultry processor, January3. Most of the strikers, who are members of the United Food andCommercial Workers Local 227, are women. Wages for productionwork "top out" at $8.10 an hour, for those who have substantialseniority. The strikers are resisting proposed takeaways thatinclude ending paid breaks, reducing overtime pay andbereavement leave, and a 60 percent increase in healthinsurance costs. "They didn't think we would last," Stewartsaid, "because it was cold and windy. But we work in coldtemperatures and we stood right out here to let them know wecould." Mike Flynn, a representative of Local 227, listed some ofthe ways they are preparing for a long fight. "Every Thursdayfood is distributed to the strikers. We have established ahardship fund to help strikers with their utility bills andother necessities. Friday and Saturday we organize weeklyboycott activities at stores to urge people not to buy Tysonproducts." A building near the site is being prepared formeetings and a kitchen. Jim Horn, a UFCW member at the Colgate plant inJeffersonville, Kentucky, saw the notice about the strike atTyson posted on his union bulletin board. He joined the picketline and brought a truckload of firewood for the burn barrels.Horn plans to get some of the strikers to explain the issues intheir fight at his union meeting later in January. Strikers said workers at a car parts plant close by took upa collection for the strike. One benefit for strikers and theirfamilies was a chili dinner sponsored by the UFCW and theUnited Auto Workers January 18. As these correspondents distributed the Militant at thepicket line, we asked about support from farmers. The leadarticle on the front page about the Black farmers' lawsuitagainst decades of discrimination prompted strikers GaylePaxton and Elaina Willis to help contact Mattie Mack. Mattie and Bill Mack are Black farmers in Brandenburg,Kentucky, which is just across the Ohio River, about 15 milesfrom the Tyson plant. Mattie is well-known for her outspokenviews and activities on farm issues. "We're familiar with Tyson and some of the people," sheexplained. "In fact one of the workers there is one of the besttobacco strippers around. Several worked over here to raisemoney in anticipation of the strike. I'm going on the localradio station in the next few days. I'll take the opportunityto urge people to support their strike for justice." Mattie andBill Mack took the union facts sheets to make sure they had theaccurate information from the union. Bill added, "It's just notright to cut their break time and not give them a living wage,when everyone knows Tyson makes big money." They described in detail the discrimination they have facedsince they bought the farm in 1964 and how they had topersevere to keep it. Their 100-acre farm includes six acres oftobacco and a few acres of corn and hay for 100 head of cattleand some hogs. "We got 10 cents a pound the last time we brought hogs tothe market," Bill Mack said. "So I just slaughtered some,smoked the hams, and hung them up for home use. I'll wait untilthe price rises before I go back. I don't know what I'll dowith the next lot." Bill retired three years ago from a local chemical plant, ajob he finally got as the result of the gains of the civilrights movement. He always worked to support the farm becauseracist practices made it difficult to get loans. Mattie keptthe farm going, raised a large family, and has been active invarious farm organizations. She is part of the Black farmers'class-action lawsuit against the USDA and is a leader of theMinority Farmers of Mead County. She expressed this opinion on the proposed governmentsettlement of the lawsuit. "While I could live with the $50,000from the USDA," Mattie pointed out, "I know too many who havelost their farms over the years or are just hanging on. This isjust a drop in the bucket and won't make up for what they'vebeen through. So it's not right and I'm willing to speak outabout it." To contact UFCW Local 227 call 1-800-443-5191, extension115 and 123. Donations can be sent to the Strike AssistanceFund, c/o UFCW Local 227, 7902 Old Minors Lane, Louisville, KY40219.
APC CAR PARTS : Copyright 2000 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks.BUENOS AIRES, Jan 12 (IPS) - The integration of South America'sleading free trade bloc, the Southern Common Market (Mercosur),has turned out to be a much more complex process than negotiatorsenvisioned in the mid-1990s, when things were moving full steamahead.Today, at the dawn of the new century, the integration processis facing a number of pending hurdles.The new common automotive regime, which was to have gone intoeffect Jan 1, is one of the biggest unresolved issues. And giventhe inflexible positions held by Argentina and Brazil, agreementdoes not look likely in the near future.Despite the breathing room that the Dec 10 inauguration ofArgentine President Fernando de la R£a - who succeeded CarlosMenem - gave the strained relations between Buenos Aires andBrasilia, so many trade disputes have accumulated that negotiatorshave their job cut out for them.
APC CAR PARTS : Argentina and Brazil, the biggest members of the bloc alsocomprised of Paraguay and Uruguay, are determined to dedicate thecoming year to macroeconomic coordination, the harmonisation ofstatistical systems, and common standards for measuring fiscaldeficit and unemployment.But the new medium to long-term strategy of convergence, whilebacked by the private sector, is felt as much less pressing thanthe disputes over concrete issues, such as trade in sugar,chickens or dairy products.Although the technical meetings set to start in February tohammer out a single yardstick for measuring unemployment will notbe held in vain, neither will they stem the ongoing diversion ofinvestment from Argentina to Brazil, as has already occurred inthe case of 17 manufacturers of car parts.Brazil's Secretary of Industrial Policy, Helio Mattar, admittedthat the lower costs of production in his country and thedepreciation of the local currency, the real, drew investment awayfrom Argentina, which he said had an overvalued currency, peggedto the dollar.
APC CAR PARTS : He added, however, that Brasilia was not planning onintervening in the process.The decision by the Dutch company Philips to close its lampfactory in Buenos Aires left 140 people out of a job this month.But even worse for Argentina is the fact that the company'sexecutives are planning on moving to Brazil.The secretary of the Argentine Industrial Union, Ignacio deMendiguren, pointed out that other companies had taken the sameroute as Philips, and warned that the process would continue. ''Weare certain that this will continue until measures are taken toneutralise the assymetries between the two countries,'' he said.Brazil, the world's eighth largest economy, is Latin America'sgiant, with a population of around 161 million. Argentina hasroughly 35 million inhabitants, while Mercosur's two smallestpartners, Paraguay and Uruguay, are home to nearly six million and3.2 million people respectively.
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