Two more members of the executive committee are fired. A hearing by Tijuana labor board to set a date for a union election is nullified due to board's own minor clerical error. Representatives of the government-controlled CTM union, brought into the plant by management, begin to give out free food and beer on Fridays. Management threatens that Han Young will shut down if independent union wins. Four more workers are fired.
Workers protest illegal firings with a one-day wqrk stoppage.
Han Young workers demonstrate. Board receives calls from across the U.S. demanding that a date be set. After four hours, board sets a date. Han Young manager calls workers into his office one by one, demanding that they sign a paper indicating how they will vote. Workers are told they will lose their jobs if they vote against the company.