USW Announces Observers for Strike at Mexican Copper Mine
August 20, 2010
August 20, 2010
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20 -- The United Steelworkers issued the following news release:
Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), today announced a cross-border effort is being undertaken to place a rotating team of international observers in northern Mexico's city of Cananea to monitor the presence of 3,000 illegal federal police who are intimidating striking copper miners of the Los Mineros independent union.
"We are in full supp . . .
Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), today announced a cross-border effort is being undertaken to place a rotating team of international observers in northern Mexico's city of Cananea to monitor the presence of 3,000 illegal federal police who are intimidating striking copper miners of the Los Mineros independent union.
"We are in full supp . . .