An appeal
from IUF regarding illegal
and brutal treatment of workers in India trying to form a union.
Solidarity is our weapon.
Earlier this year 162 workers out of
170 employed in three warehouses exclusively contracted by PepsiCo in
West Bengal organized a union and submitted their demands. They were
harassed, assaulted by company goons and then brutally fired.
In May 2013, they were allowed to return to work, but under
conditions that strip them of their human rights.
They were told they can return to work if they declare they will
never again join a union, made to sign false statements which they
were told were legally binding, and told to cut up their union cards
and step on them as they walked into the warehouses. Those who
refused were told hey will never work again and that they will be
blacklisted by all local employers.
Despite
threats, harassment, home visits by management and economic hardship,
28 of these unfairly dismissed workers have refused to surrender
their rights. In August they formed the PepsiCo (Frito-Lays) Workers
Action Committee and escalated the campaign.
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