Labour Day Solidarity Specials - Parts One, Two and Three Part 1 - WTV Special(57 mins) Part 2 - WTV #117(27.30 mins) Part 3 - WTV #118(27.30 mins)

Labour Day Solidarity specials...

Labour Day Solidarity special(1 of 3)

working TV Special: RT 57.30; first broadcast September 2 1998

UNION ORGANIZING IN MEXICO'S MAQUILAS:

	Reporter questions Han Young boss about wages and conditions in the Hyundai owned truck factory, where workers are on strike to defend their new independent union, the first in the Maquilas

Produced in solidarity with striking Han Young truck chassis workers in Tijuana Mexico, some of the first Maquila workers to form an independent union and challenge the power of giant multi-national employers and NAFTA. Features the premier broadcast of "Bordertown" a 38 minute video by Pat Harrison on the North American trade situation.
 

Labour Day Solidarity special(2 of 3)

working TV #117: RT 27.30; first broadcast September 22 1998

A Labour Day celebration with reports from around the world, including . . .

Tijuana, Mexico: the historic Han Young struggle in Tijuana, the first group of Maquila workers to organize a democratic and independent union (see focus on section, back on our home page);

Seoul, Korea: from Myoung Dong Cathedral in Seoul, where more than 100 KCTU officials have taken refuge to avoid repression and imprisonment, an interview with KCTU Vice-President Yoo Duk Sang and . . .

KOREAN REPRESSION CONTINUES:

	Korean Confederation of Trade Unions official speaks to working TV from refuge at Myoung Dong Cathedral, where more than 100 KCTU officials have sought sanctuary from arrest and imprisonment.
POLICE ATTACK: Korean riot police attack workers during July General strike

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: a reports on station DUTV Cable 54, some of our friends in the U.S. who have now put working TV on air in 50 American cities.
 

Labour Day Solidarity special(3 of 3)

working TV #118: RT 27.30; first broadcast September 22 1998

Welcome to Squamish, and to the new Committee of Labour in that community, including highlights from the first Squamish Labour Day picnic; a new broadcast partner at Squamish Community 10 TV; and a Labour Day interview with Tesse Lowinger and Jennifer Weibe, the Squamish Teens who organized the first Macdonalds restaurant in North America.

This week's feature: Long Term Care Crisis, a new video we have just produced for the B.C. Nurses Union on the staffing crisis in long term care facilities.

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