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European Workers to Down Tools in Iraq Protest
European workers going on strike! Can you believe that!A European trade union organization has called on the 60 million workers it represents to stop work on Friday to protest against possible war in Iraq. ...and next week we'll strike against...something else. Wim Bergans, spokesman for the European Trade Union Confederation, said he expected union members across Europe to stop work for a symbolic 10 or 15 minutes around 12:00 p.m. (6 a.m. EST). He said he did not know how many workers would take part. 10 or 15 minutes? Looks like this day's shot to hell. Time to go home. "We will walk in the streets, make some noise and explain why we are in the streets," Bergans said of plans by staff at ETUC's headquarters in Brussels. Wim sounds like he's really enthused about it. ETUC's executive committee passed a resolution last week calling for the peaceful disarmament of Iraq. Its Web site lists planned action in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and Belgium. In a separate action, the European Transport Workers' Federation has called on railway workers to strike on Friday against possible reduction in job security by on-going liberalization of the European Union's rail network. The EU strikes again! Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-13 |
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