Thursday, July 27, 2006
El importante apoyo de los sindicatos en la lucha voto por voto
NEWS FROM RWDSU
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/ UFCW
30 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Zita Allen: 917-309-2210
July 27, 2006
Immediate Recount in Mexican Election Demanded by Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Delegates at 20th Quadrennial Convention
Orlando, Florida -- The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union today called for a complete and immediate recount of all the votes cast for President in Mexico’s July 2, 2006 national elections. Delegates to the RWDSU 20th Quadrennial Convention unanimously passed a resolution calling for the recount following an address by Talia Vazquez, the U.S. representative of the Party of Democratic Resolution (PRD) and Lopez Obrador’s coordinator for Mexicans abroad.
RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said, “The RWDSU represents many workers who are immigrants from Mexico and many of these joined with almost 40 million other Mexicans to vote in the July 2, 2006 elections to choose a new President and Legislature. The RWDSU is a democratic trade union that supports the will of the Mexican people to choose through free elections their representatives in government just as it supports the right of all peoples around the world to democratically elect their own leaders.”
The initial count in Mexico’s as yet unresolved national election has Lopez Obrador of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) coming in second to Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) with the two separated by a razor thin 0.58 of one percentage point. The election has been clouded by widespread accusations of voter irregularity. Many Mexican trade unions have expressed deep concern and called for a recount.
Talia Vazquez told the RWDSU delegates that the fight for a vote-by-vote recount in Mexico is a fight for truth and fairness, “You are our brothers and sisters because you protect people’s human and civil rights. We don’t want you to say Lopez Obrador is the President of Mexico. We want you to join us in calling for a vote-by-vote recount. We are sure in that case Lopez Obrador is going to be the next President of Mexico.”
Recalling this country’s own controversial 2002 election and the role Florida played then, Appelbaum said, “What the RWDSU is saying here is that there has to be a fair and real count vote by vote. The only way that is going to happen is not if people sit back and say that it would be nice to hold a recount, but if the government of Mexico hears from not just the people who are pouring into the streets in Mexico but from people all over the world saying that we demand democracy.”
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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union represents 100,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The RWDSU is affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/ UFCW
30 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Zita Allen: 917-309-2210
July 27, 2006
Immediate Recount in Mexican Election Demanded by Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Delegates at 20th Quadrennial Convention
Orlando, Florida -- The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union today called for a complete and immediate recount of all the votes cast for President in Mexico’s July 2, 2006 national elections. Delegates to the RWDSU 20th Quadrennial Convention unanimously passed a resolution calling for the recount following an address by Talia Vazquez, the U.S. representative of the Party of Democratic Resolution (PRD) and Lopez Obrador’s coordinator for Mexicans abroad.
RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said, “The RWDSU represents many workers who are immigrants from Mexico and many of these joined with almost 40 million other Mexicans to vote in the July 2, 2006 elections to choose a new President and Legislature. The RWDSU is a democratic trade union that supports the will of the Mexican people to choose through free elections their representatives in government just as it supports the right of all peoples around the world to democratically elect their own leaders.”
The initial count in Mexico’s as yet unresolved national election has Lopez Obrador of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) coming in second to Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) with the two separated by a razor thin 0.58 of one percentage point. The election has been clouded by widespread accusations of voter irregularity. Many Mexican trade unions have expressed deep concern and called for a recount.
Talia Vazquez told the RWDSU delegates that the fight for a vote-by-vote recount in Mexico is a fight for truth and fairness, “You are our brothers and sisters because you protect people’s human and civil rights. We don’t want you to say Lopez Obrador is the President of Mexico. We want you to join us in calling for a vote-by-vote recount. We are sure in that case Lopez Obrador is going to be the next President of Mexico.”
Recalling this country’s own controversial 2002 election and the role Florida played then, Appelbaum said, “What the RWDSU is saying here is that there has to be a fair and real count vote by vote. The only way that is going to happen is not if people sit back and say that it would be nice to hold a recount, but if the government of Mexico hears from not just the people who are pouring into the streets in Mexico but from people all over the world saying that we demand democracy.”
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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union represents 100,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The RWDSU is affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
