More than 350,000 people flooded the streets of Mexico City on Thursday to protest against the closure of the state electricity company Luz y Fuerza. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/world/Power-firm-axe-sparks-protests
Last Sunday the president closed the plant - which served more than one-fifth of the country's energy needs - and 44,000 workers were sacked. Theworkers are members of SME, the Electrical Workers’ Union http://www.sme.org.mx/inicio.html
SME leader Martin Esparza said on Thursday that the federal government had agreed to negotiate over replacement jobs for the sacked workers.
The background to the dispute as well as video bulletins can be viewed on MRZINE (web magazine of the US left publication Monthly Review).
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/labotz111009.html
The Maquila Solidarity Network is running an online action in support of the Mexican electrical workers: http://en.maquilasolidarity.org/node/904
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