[APWSLMembers 92] FW: Boycott Nestle!!!
parat Nanakhorn
paratn at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 4 21:44:26 JST 2005
Dear friends this is email from KMU. We want to be campaign as the sam time
with ourfriends
So that i hope this email give our solidarity again.
In solidarity
Parat Na nakorn
APWSL Co ordinator
>From: Kilusang Mayo Uno <kmuid at tri-isys.com>
>To: Kilusang Mayo Uno <kmuid at tri-isys.com>
>Subject: Boycott Nestle!!!
>Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:08:36 +0800
>
>Dear friends,
>
>Warmest greeting!
>
>Please find below the Boycott Nestle campaign call sponsored by BAYAN-USA.
>We are doing a similar campaign at the local level.
>
>Please take note of additional addresses of Peter Brabeck, as well as his
>correct e-mail address (
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=Peter.Brabeck_Letmathe@nestle.com>Peter.Brabeck-Letmathe at nestle.com
>and not
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=Peter.Brabeck_Letmathe@nestle.com>Peter.Brabeck_Letmathe at nestle.com)
>We would like to express our gratitude to our friends in Europe who
>supplied us the correct information. Please take note also of additional
>address for the GRP-Human Rights Monitoring Committee
>(<mailto:info at grpmc-jmc.org>info at grpmc-jmc.org)
>
>We enjoin you to spread this information and endorse the boycott campaign
>to all your network. Thank you very much for your support to the family of
>Ka Fort, to the workers of Nestle and to all the workers in the
>Philippines.
>
>In solidarity,
>Tess Dioquino
>Secretary
>KMU International Department
>
>
>-------
>
>THERE'S BLOOD IN YOUR COFFEE!
>
>JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO
>
>BOYCOTT NESTLE PRODUCTS! JUSTICE FOR
>
>SLAIN NESTLE UNION LEADER DIOSDADO FORTUNA!
>
>International Solidarity campaign sponsored by the Bagong Alyansang
>Makabayan- USA (BAYAN-USA).
>
>
>
>The brutal killing of Nestle Union leader Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna on
>Sept. 22, 2005, is the latest link to the chain of politically-motivated
>killings that have sprung in tandem with the undeclared martial law in the
>Philippines. It is also the latest blow delivered by the infamous
>Swiss-owned Nestle Corporation, notorious for the consistent and
>international exploitation and repression of its own workers. Combined, the
>oppression of the multinational corporation and state forces have unleashed
>the bloodshed of Filipino workers who are currently enduring a 3+year
>strike in the Nestle Plant in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines.
>
>
>
>In line with the escalating state terror and rampant trade union
>repression, the BAYAN-USA urges all consumers to denounce human rights
>violations against Filipino workers and stand for social and economic
>justice by BOYCOTTING NESTLE PRODUCTS! (for a complete Nestle product list,
>visit
><http://www.nestleusa.com/PubWhereToBuy/StoreLocator.aspx>http://www.nestleusa.com/PubWhereToBuy/StoreLocator.aspx<http://www.nestleusa.com/PubWhereToBuy/StoreLocator.aspx>
>and click on brands)
>
>
>
>Facts on the Nestle Union Strike in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines and the
>recent assassination of Nestle Union President Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna
> * Nestle, a giant transnational food company is scattered in 70
>countries with over 500 plants, including the Philippines. The Nestle
>Cabuyao Plant in the Southern Tagalog region of the Philippines is the
>oldes Nestle plant in the country. Forthe past 3 years, Nestle Philippines
>has made P8.76 Billion (Philippine Peso) profit
> * In 1987, the Nestle workers in Cabuyao launched a strike with
>retirement benefits as the main subject of the Collective Bargaining
>Agreement (CBA). The workers won after a two year strike and the National
>Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) ruled in 1989 that a worker retirement
>plan was indeed a colelctive bargaining issue. The decision was later ruled
>as correct by the Supreme Court in 1991.
> * In 2001, when the existing CBA between the Union of Filipino
>Employees Drug and Food Alliance-Kilusang Mayo Uno (UFE-DFA-KMU) expired,
>Nestle Phils. refused the workers demand for negotiations on the CBA unless
>the Retirement Plan was excluded in the agreement
> * Late 2001, the Union filed a Notice of Strike on CBA deadlock and an
>Amended Notice of Strike on the grounds of Unfair Labor Practice for
>violation of Article 284 of the Labor Code, particularly Nestle's refusal
>to bargain, or bargaining in bad faith.
> * The Dept. of Labor and Employment (DOLE) imposed an Assumption of
>Jurisdiction order on the labor dispute, claiming the Nestle strike would
>be inimical to "national interest". When the Union filed a Motion for
>Reconsideration, it was thrashed by DOLE
> * 2002-present Pushed against a wall, the Union launched a arduous
>strike on the Nestle Cayubao plant that has lasted to the present time.
>While DOLE and Nestle have pushed forward with numerous tactics to subdue
>the striking workers, ranging from the issuing of return to work orders to
>the forceful confrontation with hired Nestle goons, the Philippine National
>Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the workers
>have defied them all and stood firm on the justness of their demands and
>that that Supreme Court's ruling that the retirement benefit is a
>legitimate CBA matter.
>
>
>
>
>Sept. 22, 2005: Nestle Union President and KMU Leader Shot Dead!
>
>(taken by Urgent Action Alert of Kilusang Mayo Uno, or May First Movement,
>in the Philippines)
>
>A day after the 33rd anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the
>Philippines. Diosdado Fortuna, chairperson of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)
>regional chapter of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan
>(PAMANTIK-KMU) or the Solidarity of Workers in Southern Tagalog, was killed
>by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen on his way home.
>
>Fortuna was shot near Sagara factory in Paciano, Calamba. He had just
>presided an All-Leaders meeting of KMU federations and went directly to the
>Nestle picketline for a discussion with student exposurists from the
>University of Sto. Tomas (UST).
>
>
>Two gunshot wounds in the chest felled Fortuna. Bystanders rushed him to
>the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Calamba
>Provincial Hospital. The bullets entered his back and exited through his
>right chest near his nipple, ripping his heart and injured his liver and
>spleen. The killers made sure that Fortuna will not survive the attack.
>
>Fortuna, fondly called "Ka Fort" by friends, is also the president of the
>Union of Filipro ! Employees Drug, Food & Allied Industries (UFE-DFA-KMU)
>in Cabuyao, Laguna. He holds many positions, among them being the chairman
>of the Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Partylist in Southern Tagalog and
>co-chairman of the National Coalition for the Protection of Workers Rights
>in Southern Tagalog. He is also a member of the National Executive
>Committee and National Council of KMU.
>
>"As a principled labor leader, Ka Fort manned the Nestle picketlines since
>their strike started in January 2002. He consistently advocated workers'
>rights and welfare by actively serving the union and progressive people's
>movement in Southern Tagalog, despite dangerous conditions and threats on
>his life. He braved and fought the government's militarization campaign and
>atrocities on the people's
>
>rights and livelihood," said KMU Chairperson Elmer Labog.
>
>KMU believes that the killing is politically motivated. Fortuna has
>reportedly been on the hit list of the military due to his active political
>involvement. He has received death threats and was under constant
>surveillance and harassment by military and paid goons of Nestle since the
>Cabuyao plant went on strike on January 14, 2002 over a deadlock in the
>collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The Nestle management refuses to
>include the retirement benefits of the workers in the CBA, despite an
>earlier ruling of the Supreme Court in favor of the workers.
>
>KMU also noted that on the day Fortuna was killed, there was heightened
>police and military presence in Laguna and several checkpoints were set up.
> Likewise, in the provincial rally on Sept 21, an alarming number of
>military forces were deployed both inside and outside the perimeter of
>Nestle plant, carrying long firearms.
>
>KMU said that Fortuna's killing could point directly to the Armed Forces of
>the Philippines (AFP), Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the
>Philippines (ISAFP), Philippine National Police, Regional Special Action
>Force (RSAF) and paid goons of multinational Nestle as suspects.
>
>
>
>WHY WE CAN'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT...
>
>
>
>The death of martyrs such as Diosdado Fortuna and the bloodshed on the
>picketlines are not isolated incidents. It is an international epidemic. On
>Sept. 11, 2005, weeks before Ka Fort's murder, the lifeless body of Nestle
>employee and union leader Luciano Enrique Romero Molina was found bound and
>tortured in Las Palmas, La Nevada District, Colombia. . His body, which
>showed signs of at least 47 blows, ws found in an area controlled by
>paramilitaries.
>
>
>
>By boycotting Nestle products, you are taking a stand to expose and oppose
>the evil nature of Nestle against its workers. You stand for human rights,
>against state repression, and especially for justice for the striking
>Filipino workers of Nestle-Cabuyao and all the victims of state-sponsored
>terror.
>
>
>
>Support striking Nestle workers and victims of Human Rights Violations by:
> * Boycotting Nestle Products
> * Start a "Boycott Nestle" campaign in you local school, union, church,
>or work area
> * Sponsor a video screening of "There Blood in Your Coffee" a
>documentary on the ongoing Nestle strike in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines
>(to purchase a copy, send an email to
><mailto:info at bayanusa.org>info at bayanusa.org)
> * Sending Solidarity Messages to the Nestle workers on strike in
>Cabuyao
> * Sending condemnation letters to the Nestle management, to Pres.
>Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),
>and others. (sample letter template attached to this email)
>
>Solidarity messages can be sent to:
>
>Luz Baculo
>Secretary-General
>PAMANTIK-KMU
>e-mail address: granahe at yahoo.com
>cc: KMU International Dept
><<http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=kmuid@tri-isys.com>
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=kmuid@tri-isys.com>kmuid at tri-isys.com>
>
>Protest letters can be sent to:
>
>Nandu Nandkishore
>CEO & President
>Nestle Center
>31 Plaza Drive
>Rockwell Center, Makati City, Phils.
>
>Fax No. (632) 8906681
>Email:
>
>Peter Brabeck
>Chief Executive Officer
>Nestle Avenue, Nestlé 55, CH-1800
> Vevey, Switzerland
>Email:
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=Peter.Brabeck_Letmathe@nestle.com>Peter.Brabeck-Letmathe at nestle.com
>
>or
>
>Anne-Marie Wettstein
>Secretary to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
>Vice-Chairman and CEO of Nestlé SA
>Tel.: +41 (0)21 924 31 60
>Fax: +41 (0)21 924 45 34
>E-Mail:
><mailto:anne-marie.wettstein at nestle.com>anne-marie.wettstein at nestle.com
>
>or thru Peter Brabeck's private address (recorded under the name of his
>wife):
>
>Peter Brabeck
>Grand Rue, 1820 Montreux, Switzerland
>
>
>Sec. Patricia Sto. Tomas
>Labor Secretary
>Department of Labor and Employment
>7th Floor, DOLE Building
>Muralla Street, Intramuros, Manila, PHILIPPINES
>email: <mailto:sto-tomapat at pacific.net.ph>sto-tomapat at pacific.net.ph
>fax: 0063-2-527 3494
>
>
>H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
>President of the Republic
>Malacanang Palace,
>JP Laurel St., San Miguel
>Manila Philippines
>Voice: (+632) 564 1451 to 80
>Fax: (+632) 742-1641 / 929-3968
>Cell#: (+ 63) 919 898 4622 / (+63) 917 839 8462
>E-mail:
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=corres@op.gov.ph>corres at op.gov.ph
>/
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=opnet@ops.gov.ph>opnet at ops.gov.ph
>
>Hon. Rene Sarmiento
>OIC-Presidential Adviser on the Pea ce Process
>7F Agustin Building I
>Emerald Avenue
>Pasig City, Philippines
>Voice: (+632) 636 0701 to 0766
>Fax: ! (+632) 638 2216
>
>Hon. Avelino Cruz
>Secretary, Department of National Defense
>Camp Emilio Aguinaldo
>E. de los Santos Avenue,
>Quezon City, Philippines
>Voice: (+632) 912-9281
>Fax: (+632) 911 6213
>
>Hon. Purificacion Valera Quisumbing
>Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights
>SAAC Bldg., UP Complex
>Commonwealth Avenue
>Diliman, Quezon City
>Philippines
>Fax: (+632) 929 0102
>Email:
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=drpvq@chr.gov.ph>drpvq at chr.gov.ph
>
>The Secretariat, GRP-Human Rights Monitoring Committee
>Email:
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=grp_mc@myway.com>grp_mc at myway.com
>/ <mailto:info at grpmc-jmc.org>info at grpmc-jmc.org.
>
>or
>The Secretariat, NDFP-Human Rights Monitoring Commi! ttee
>E-mail:
><http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=ndfp_Jsection@yahoo.com>ndfp_Jsection at yahoo.com
>
>6/F Immaculate Conception Multi-Purpose Building
>71 Lantana St., Cubao, Quezon City
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Please inform us of your actions! For more information on the Boycott
>Nestle! Justice for Diosdado Fortuna! Campaign contact the BAYAN-USA local
>organizations:
>
><mailto:vc at bayanusa.org>vc at bayanusa.org for Southern California area
>
><mailto:chair at bayanusa.org>chair at bayanusa.org for Northern California area
>
><mailto:azes at juno.com>azes at juno.com for Seattle, Washington area
>
><mailto:nychrp at yahoo.com>nychrp at yahoo.com for New York area
>Thank you very much for your continued support to the Filipino people and
>workers.
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>For more info or to join the BAYAN-USA news list please send an email to:
><mailto:info at bayanusa.org>info at bayanusa.org
>_______________________________________________
>
>
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