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My name is Pablo Hernández Lara
I am a member of the National Union of Workers of General Tire of Mexico
I am one of the 51 who were fired, that the factory laid off May 18, 2009.
Official Sponsor of Unjust Lay Offs
Conti (Continental Corporation) is the number one producer of autopartes
and is the fourth largest producer of tires in the world
Now Conti is also an official sponsor of World Cup South Africa, as it was in Germany in 2006
an official sponsor and supposedly a "socially responsible" business.
don't think it's credible that they say the business is in crisis
when they're going to sponsor the World Cup in South Africa
because everyone knows that such millionares invest in events like that
Globilization, as we all know, has come to make the situation for workers precarious
in many countries, allowing the workforce to be exploited
In this case, Continental is limited by the labor agreement
Many businesses that make altruistic or charitable donations
only do it for the end result: evade paying taxes
The Lay Offs
We said the business could promise not to lay anyone off
if we accept a salary reduction, and we would have accepted that
In the fifth clause of the agreement
the employer promises not to lay off one more person
What actually happened was that within a year of signing the agreement
under the pretext of the global economic crisis
they told us that they had to fire 118 employees
Here is the official photo of the Secretary of Labor
who did not take part in any negociation
but did take on the task of calling our then-secretary and the plant manager to achieve that end
Now we are in struggle because this lay off is illegal
Obviously, we did not agree
and this created a strong conflict
which brought us to hold protests here and in Mexico City
What do you want?
Me? I want my job
I want to be reinstated
Well, what we are fighting for is our reinstallation
we don't have a reason to pay the consequences
We didn't start the crisis
If they are in a crisis deciding how to go forward
we don't have to pay for that
It is unfair that first they lower the salaries and then they throw us out
Even so, if we can hold on, here we are giving a little or a lot of support
We're there until we get good results
fight hard, compañeros, fight hard!
Hi guys
A shout out to my friends who are here with me
especially "Chespiro," that son of a ***
Well, give it your all in this
those of us who are here inside are supporting you
right now it's your turn, and tomorrow it will be our turn
We have to all be in this fight