[Marxism] Journalists Protest Union Busting At Associated Press

["Steven L. Robinson" <srobin21@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

World Journalists Protest over Union-Busting Row at Associated Press

09/12/2005

Unions representing thousands of journalists from all over the world today
protested recent union-busting tactics at the Associated Press as part of a
global Day of Action sponsored by the International Federation of
Journalists.

"Recent soundings from AP management suggest the company is planning a
union-busting campaign," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. "We are
calling on AP CEO Tom Curley to reaffirm AP’s commitment to workers’ rights
and collective bargaining."

Unions from key countries in which the Associated Press is represented sent
appeals to Mr. Curley expressing their dismay over actions of the company in
Mexico where five editorial workers were dismissed in a row over the future
of union representation.

The local dispute in Mexico City took on a global dimension when a company
lawyer told a local union official that the elimination of a collective
agreement with the Mexican union SNRP was only the start of a worldwide
campaign by Associated Press to eliminate union representation and
collective agreements where they existed.

"This news which has still to be confirmed by associated press senior
management has caused consternation among IFJ unions in countries where they
have hitherto had good relations with AP management," said White. The day of
action is designed to indicate that the union movement is prepared to fight
any strategy that will eliminate what it regards as a sound basis for
industrial relations which has operated throughout AP for many years."

Full: http:<//www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3593&Language=EN>


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