They were attending the first world conference of trade unions representing Bridgestone workers. Delegations came from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the USA and Venezuela. Nashville is the location of Bridgestone's North American headquarters. USWA members, other American trade unionists and international conference delegates rallied outside the company's offices there yesterday to back calls for a fair contract. Labour unions must band together internationally if they are to succeed, ICEM General Secretary Vic Thorpe emphasised.
Corporate decisions float free of national boundaries.
Somehow we have to tie them down to working people in the communities where these companies operate. One way of doing this was to go after the investors during corporate campaigns.