Solidarity Center News: Workers in Mexico, El Salvador Fired for Backing Unions

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Eleven workers (right) from PKC wire harness plants in Mexico launched a hunger strike this week to demand the right to form a union. They were among 122 workers fired by the Finnish autoparts company in mid-December for what they say is retaliation for seeking to form a union. In El Salvador, 96 workers were fired by the airline transportation company AERODESPACHOS after seeking job safety and a voice at work with the union, SITIAPES. The global union movement is joining with the workers in calling on the El Salvadoran government to end its contract with the company. Get details and read more news at the Solidarity Center. - photo: hunger strikers at Mexico PKC autoparts plants; photo by Javier Zuniga/Los Mineros