Letter of protest of the union speakers at Semikron against the Nato-war in Yugoslavia

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Industrial Union IG Metall
Council of speakers at Semikron
Sigmundstr. 200
90431 Nuernberg

April 8th, 1999

Mr. Chancellor,

Mr. Foreign Minister,

many of our colleagues have voted for one of your parties, one of the reasons was, they expected a more peaceful foreign policy. You have disappointed your voters very much and have lost your credibility.

The bombing of Yugoslavia creates bitter memories to the history of our country. Your bombs hit civilian targets. Bombs don't have eyes and cannot differentiate between children and military installations.

The bombs that hit the workers-city of Aleksinac struck workers such as ourselves, who have to work hard to earn a living. We also feel hit.

It is not believable that you conduct this warfare because of the misery of Kosovo-Albanian people. Even as late as march of 1999 Germany deported Kosovo-Albanien's in search of asylum. Your government even deported deserters of Milosevic's army and sent them back to Yugoslavia.

We also condemn Milosevic's persecution of the Albanian people. But your attack only achieved to make his nationalism stronger instaed of weaker. We are against nationalism in any color. In our company workers of many nationalities work together side by side. We feel as one. We can not disregard the suffering of our Yugoslavian colleagues that fear for their families.

Besides the disaster that your bombs are causing, it is costing 500 million DM a day. How do you justify that cost in the face of the high unemployment rate in our country? Is it your plan to get the money back from us by increasing taxes and canceling social contributions.

We urge you to immediately stop the bombarding of Yugoslavia. The war has to be stopped and the conflict must be solved political.

Unanimous decision at the meeting of the union speakers at Semikron on april 8th, 1999

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