A-Infos (en) Spain, IWW UNION MEMBER ON HUNGER-STRIKE

["Thomas Johansson" <tcjohans@hotmail.com>]

 ________________________________________________
      A - I N F O S  N E W S  S E R V I C E
            http://www.ainfos.ca/
 ________________________________________________

> From:  "seamascain" <seamascain@mymailstation.com>

     Please circulate this information to others.  Faxes of protest are 
needed.
Because of Miguel's connection to Minnesota and the MEI strike last year, we 
ask
for your help.  Many thanks.  Sincerely, Seamas Cain
--------------------------------------------------------------

     In March of last year, a young man named Miguel Garcia Plaza was fired 
by
the Parador Company at a hotel in Granada, Spain when he spoke against the
physical abuse of employees by management.  [Brass-knuckles were used to
"discipline" the maids and other workers.]  On March 18, 2000, Miguel began 
a
hunger-strike, insisting that he be reinstated to his job.  Other workers at 
the
Parador in Granada declared a work-stoppage in support of Miguel.  On March 
30,
2000, the Spanish CNT, the union for these hotel-workers, asked for 
solidarity.
They made an urgent appeal for protests in support of Miguel.

     The hunger-strike by Miguel Garcia Plaza was ended in April of last 
year
when the matter was taken into the Spanish courts.  At every step, from
trial-court to appeals-courts, Miguel and the union won!  The courts ordered
that Miguel be reinstated in his job.  Nevertheless, the Parador Company has 
now
refused, defying the courts and dismissing the importance of unions.  [The 
new
government in Madrid is very anti-union.]  Because Miguel criticized the
"discipline" of management, the Parador Company accuses him of being 
disloyal!

     On February 17, 2001, Miguel Garcia Plaza began a new hunger-strike,
insisting that he be reinstated in his job.  "I say no to union repression 
in
Spain," he has written.

     Last year, Miguel supported the strike by USWA Local 1028 against the
MEI/GSI company in Duluth, Minnesota.  Miguel was one of the workers in 
Granada,
Spain who contributed 50,000 pesetas to the Local 1028 strike-fund.

     The CNT labor federation asks that faxes of protest be sent to the
following people:  Ana Isabel Marino Ortega is the Executive President of 
the
Paradores Company; her fax-number is 011.34.91.516.6660.  Juan Costa Clement 
is
the Secretary of the State-Tourism Office; his fax-number is 
011.34.91.457.2103.
Business and Government in Spain are very sensitive about tourism-boycotts!

     Messages of support and solidarity for Miguel Garcia Plaza may be faxed 
to
011.34.91.420.2749 or 011.47.22.305.465.

     In the U.S., MARKETING AHEAD, at 433 Fifth Avenue in New York City, 
10016,
is an agent for the Paradores Company.  Faxes of protest may be sent to them 
at
1.212.686.0271.  Their e-mail address is <mahrep@aol.com>.  They also have 
an
800 number:  1.800.223.1356.

     Additional information [in Spanish] about the hunger-strike may be 
found on
the Internet at <http://www.cnt.es>.  It is marked urgent:  "Huelga de 
hambre"!


                       ********
               The A-Infos News Service
      News about and of interest to anarchists
                       ********
               COMMANDS: lists@ainfos.ca
               REPLIES: a-infos-d@ainfos.ca
               HELP: a-infos-org@ainfos.ca
               WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca
               INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org

 To receive a-infos in one language only mail lists@ainfos.ca the message
                unsubscribe a-infos
                subscribe a-infos-X
 where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code)