For everyone!

 

Today GM-AVTOVAZ bosses fired out Ilsiyar Sherafutdinova, vice-chairwoman of the independent trade union committee.

 

This is a disgusting act of persecution of a trade union activist, aiming at destroying the workers’ organization independent from the bosses.

 

Ilsiyar was fired upon a made-up accusation (as if she had missed work, although she had a sick-list given by the factory therapeutist). Thus a number of clauses of Russian Labor Code were violated.

 

Virtually from the very day of the trade union foundation psychological pressure and  malicious insults were used by the factory authorities.  It was sometimes several times a week that Ilsiyar was told to switch from one operation to the other in the car painting workshop and beyond the bounds of her main workplace (at the welding workshop) without adequate time for familiarization with technical process.

 

They forced her to write explanations many times. When journalists came to the car painting workshop, Gomer, the shop superintendent, pushed her by force into the restroom so that she could not talk to the press.

 

Because of stress inducted by continuous attacks, in September Ilsiyar had to take a sick-list and get some treatment with a neuropathologist.

 

And now she has been fired. They did it, coped with her, a fragile girl.

 

Even her discharge was converted into a farce.  Two orders were prepared for her to choose from: would she prefer to resign  by her own wish or to be laid off for missing work. They even prepared a paper stating that she refused to sign the order about her discharge, as far as they farsightedly knew that the activist would not sign it. Also they invited the chief of security and one more sturdy security guard to be on the safe side in case the activist would start to fight.

 

So she was escorted by those gendarmes of the plant gateway. They do not have shame at all.

 

Shame on you, misters Skulskij and Svando! I assure you, you won't get away with that!

 

We, workers of GM-AVTOVAZ Joint Venture Plant, and our independent trade union won't let you jeer at our people. They do not deserve such treatment and they are more useful for the company than such “managers" as you because you recognize the language of brute force only!

 

We have what to set off against your mean “force”!

 

Comrades, I am calling you to act out for Ilsiyar's defense. We have to kick out of the bosses the brutal ways they are using.

 

Please, send your protests to:


Mr. Richard Svando

General manager of ZAO GM-AVTOVAZ

 

37 Vokzalnaja str. Togliatti

Samarskaja obl., Russia, 445967

 

 

Faxes:

+7(8482) 758-060, +7(8482) 758-062

 

ALSO YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR PROTEST BY PHONE TO MANAGERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PRESSURE

 

SVANDO: +7(8482) 758-012 (work) and +7 902 33 90 601 (mobile) (it's possible to send SMS:

Shame on you! Stop oppressing workers! Hire Ilsiyar back!)

 

SKULSKIJ: +7(8482) 758-015 and +7 902 33 90 601

 

And I think you will find yourself what to say and what to write to them!

 

I propose to begin mass attack to work and mobile phones of SS (Svando&Skulskij) on Monday 7 a.m. Moscow time! Let them feel the power of workers solidarity!

 

 

Yours faithfully, Andrei Lyapin

 

chairman of independent trade union committee of GM-AVTOVAZ

 

18.11.2006

 

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