Factories are losing contracts, and one maquila closed March 31, leaving 460 workers with. out work. But, the organization goes on, we are not yet strong enough to make either the standards or the enforcement mechanism adequate. When injustices occur, there is only a random chance that the news will reach a monitor, or that the monitor will take that grievance all the way to justice. At the Mandarin factory in El Salvador, another model of monitoring from that of the U.S. and ASIC's is in place and functioning. It has gained the confidence of workers by registering their complaints and negotiating solutions with management.
Management also supports the commission because it depolarized an extremely tense workplace.
The National Labor Committee has called for extending the Salvadoran model to other factories and other countries, but this has not yet happened. Action Number 1 will take place in June and will target the support by the U.S. government for the privatization of public services in El Salvador by President Alfredo Mena Lagos. Some of the actions that are suggested are banner drops, interviews on talk shows on the radio or public access television, street theater, fake newspaper fronts and other activities. Click here for information on how to receive our labor alerts via e-mail . This web site designed and maintained by Daniel Hunter Page last updated August 8, 1998.