Cuban Justice
As many of you know, and we'll be discussing at this morning's meeting at Redeemer, CLAC Solidarity has been working very hard on behalf of several political prisoners in Cuba. 75 men were rounded up in a matter of hours, 9 of whom were working for nothing more than to organize and independent trade union. This activity is something you and I simply take for granted, but in a totalitarian regime like Cuba, the work comes with great risk. Today, March 18 2005, is the second anniversary, to the day, of that event. The United States invaded Iraq on March 16 and the Castro regime used the distraction of the world to make the arrests. It was several weeks before the attention of the world was refocused on other matters and the arrests came to light. By that time, all had been tried in one-day trials and sentenced to terms ranging from 8 to 26 years.
As you go through your daily activities remember the prisoners.
-Posted by Allan R. Horton Ontario Provincial Solidarity Organizer Christian Labour Association of Canada
As you go through your daily activities remember the prisoners.
-Posted by Allan R. Horton Ontario Provincial Solidarity Organizer Christian Labour Association of Canada
posted by OSSL at 11:11 AM
1 Comments:
I have not been a student for quite some time but have recently experienced a brief employment with a company that targets students in south eastern Ontario. I am new to this area and did not know the history of this seasonal tourist site but it is well known locally as being a very unpleasant place to work. I lasted 3 days and could not bring myself to go back for the 4th. I am now having trouble collecting my pay and record of employment. The lure is a decent rate of pay with bonus incentive for students that complete the season. The hazard is verbally abusive treatment by the Owner/General Manager who does not allow proper breaks, forces overtime and makes derogatory comments such as "short people do not make good workers" frequently. He is most certainly a "controller" and my concern is that there are many students out there who are owed money when forced to leave, that they never get. He apparently has been up against the labour board to no avail many times, he however, does have a lot of money behind him and that is no doubt an advantage.
I am sorry to see these students so taken advantage of, they are often new to the working world and this leaves a terrible impression and could be damaging. I am looking for some way to make the situation there change and do not know what direction to take. Any ideas?
p.s. he is planning to open another location in the near future in an area that university students frequent in the summer months hoping to have a new work force available
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