The CNT does not understand how the leaders of the CCOO and the UGT
make a pact to ”go on holiday” in such an extreme situation
• The CNT calls on the workers to continue protests and has announced
a global day of action against Ford -Visteon
The CNT union in Visteon-Cádiz Electronics wants to denounce the
demobilization that the official unions are causing among the staff.
In late July, the CCOO and UGT leaders met in Seville and agreed not
to take any steps until September. The workers have not been asked
whether they want to take a "holiday" in the middle of conflict in
which we are engaged. Given the anti-democratic nature that this
struggle is taking the fight, where the assemblies have hardly any
decision-making capacities, we fear that the union leaders have
already agreed a solution to the conflict involving the destruction of
jobs.
While we Visteon workers lower our guard and are demoralized by not
being able to work because of the lack of parts, the union
professionals will stuff themselves with seafood at the beach with the
money from the redundancy plans they signed and the company will buy
time to prepare their plans. The script of this movie was written long
ago and the workers were assigned the role of extras without any
dialogue.
We are asking ourselves how much the CCOO and UGT make for the signing
the redundancy plan. Are the same unions that negotiated a redundancy
plan allowed to take a commision for giving "technical and legal
advice"? The CNT, which has never signed or will ever sign a
redundancy plan, will not stop the fight. We will increase our
mobilization at the local, national and international levels.
Locally we have prepared a battery of mobilizations in the various
affected municipalities: Sanlúcar, Rota, El Puerto and Jerez. These
will include demonstrations, talks, posters, press releases ... If the
company closes the factory, nobody from Cadiz will buy Fords.
At the national and international level, the unions of the CNT
nationwide and our international sister unions are already starting
actions. The CNT in Igualada, for example, has already taken action in
solidarity at the Visteon plant in their municipality.
This schedule of demonstrations and activities will culminate on
August 19th with an International Day of Struggle Against
Ford-Visteon, in which protests will be held worldwide against the
multinationals Ford and Visteon. This day of action will end with a
concert in Sanlúcar de Barrameda at 21:00 in solidarity with the
workers affected by the closure of Cadiz Electronics. We invite all
employees of the factory to the assemblies that the CNT organize every
Saturday and to participate in the activities and demonstrations called by the union.
