Bundespolizei überfällt selbstverwalteten Betrieb

Seit fünf Jahren verwaltet die Belegschaft von CIPLA ihren betrieb selbst - gegen alle Widerstände und Hindernisse (etwa, dass das neue Unternehmen die Schulden des alten Privatbetriebes bezahlen sollte). Am Donnerstag, den 31. Mai nun eine neue, diesmal ganz andere Schwierigkeit: In den frühen Morgenstunden drangen 150 schwerbewaffnete Bundespolizisten in den Betrieb ein und blieben da und nahmen einige Kollegen fest - einstweilen ohne bekannte Begründung. Die Belegschaft sowie die Belegschaften anderer selbstverwalteter Betriebe im Bundesstaat São Paulo organisieren Solidaritätsaktionen, inklusive Protestschreiben an den Minister Tarso Genro (der vielen als Linker innerhalb der PT gilt). Der kurze (englische, hiermit kurz zusammengefasste Aufruf "Solidarität mit CIPLA" vom 31. Mai 2007, verbreitet über die Labour-L Mailingliste.

Federal Police invade occupied factory CIPLA

Thursday, 31 May 2007 The workers of the occupied factory CIPLA were surprised this morning by 150 men, heavily armed, from the Federal Police, who invaded the factory in order to arrest the members of the factory committee. After almost five years of struggle to save their jobs and protect their rights, and for the federal government to nationalise the factories as proposed by the BNDES (National Social and Economic Development Bank) the workers now find themselves threatened by the federal police and with losing their jobs. At this moment the workers are organising and mobilising in order to hold assembly meetings in Flasko, in Sumaré, and in Cipla. At the same time the workers of Flasko, in Sumaré (São Paulo) are mobilising in support of the comrades at Cipla and to organise resistance against any threat in Sumaré. The workers ask that letters and resolutions are immediately sent, that phone calls are made, and that everyone head down to the headquarters of the companies in support of the struggle of the workers against any threat of the federal government, the justice system or of the old bosses.

To all workers, trade unions, popular and democratic organisations, to all citizens:

Please read the notice below and send urgent messages and resolutions to the Ministry of Justice (suggested text below). Mr. Minister Tarso Genro, Dr. Oziel Francisco de Sousa, President of the Republic.

We demand that you stop immediately the persecution of the workers and the management of the CIPLA factory. We demand that you order the Federal Police to withdraw from the factory and allow management to enter the factory without threat of arrest, and that the workers be allowed to meet in an assembly and freely determine their own fate. The Federal Police must be directed against the corrupt and the narco-traffickers and not against the workers.

Greetings,

Minister Tarso Genro*Fax* : (61) 3322-6817
E-mail: gabinetemj@mj.gov.brgabinetemj@mj.gov.br

Presidente da República
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - Presidente da República
Palácio do Planalto - Praça dos Três Poderes
Brasilia/ DF- CEP 70250-900
Fax: 00- 55 61 411 1073
E-Mail : protocolo@planalto.gov.br

Juiz Federal Titular: Dr. LEONARDO CASTANHO MENDES
Juiz Federal Substituto: Dr. OZIEL FRANCISCO DE SOUSA
Diretor de Secretaria: Bel. ROSAN LUIS DA SILVEIRA PERES
Address: Rua do Principe, 123 - Centro,
Brasilia CEP: 89201-001
FAX: 00- 55 47 433-9079E-mail: SCJOIEF01@jfsc.gov.br

Contacts:
Serge Goulart, Coordenador dos Conselhos das Fábricas Ocupadas, 48 - 9963 02 95
Pedro Santinho, Coordenador do Conselho da Flasko, 19-9233-1391
Fernando Gomes Martins, Coordenador Suplente do Conselho da Flasko, 19 - 8164 19 71
Evandro, Coordenador do Conselho da Interfibra, 47- 9923 86 68