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August 9th, 2014 
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0Protests continue in Buenos Aires supporting workers laid off from US multinational auto parts company Lear. As we reported previously, Lear has laid off 200 workers in effort to thwart workers organizing. Roadblocks were evicted violently in June by Gendarmería and regular pickets and roadblocks have continued since then.
Lear Corporation announced this week it was closing the factory and suspending all staff for 15 days. A new court ruling was recently issued in favor of the Lear workers that forced the ministry of labor to ensure that the fired delegates can enter the factory. The company announced the closure before the order could be executed.
Corte AU Rosario – Bs As contra despidos y lockout en #Lear @lacapital @izquierdadiario @Rosariotres @Canal5deRosario pic.twitter.com/0QMeZjVThu
— Ceci Lia (@cecil1a) August 8, 2014
“Roadblock at Rosario – Buenos Aires against Lear dismissals and lockout”
This morning a solidarity caravan traveling from Lear to Johnson Controls was stopped by Gendarmería and several arrests were made including Victoria Moyano, daughter of the disappeared.
VIDEO: Gendarmería repress and detain Victoria Moyano
Reports from PTS indicate that Gendarmería broke windows in a vehicle and arrested Victoria Moyano, along with Guillo Pistonesi, president of the Professional Center for Human Rights, Patricio del Corro, elected legislator for the Frente de Izquierda of Buenos Aires and María Chaves, teacher and researcher for CONICET & University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and fighter for women’s rights with the group Pan y Rosas.
ARG: Human rights’activist & recovered granddaughter (parents killed by last dictatorship) detained by gendarmerie pic.twitter.com/Xp9IWILPvm
— juancho ft (@WorkerTF) August 8, 2014
Victoria Moyano has been very publicly supporting the struggle of the Lear workers since the beginning. She stood on the front line of the initial roadblock which was evicted by Gendarmería in June.
Image of Victoria Moyano & lawyer Carlos Platkowsky from June 8 standoff between protesters and Gendarmería
Just last night Victoria gave testimony regarding her own recovery by the Grandmothers of la Plaza de Mayo in relation to the return of Estela de Carlotto’s grandson who was reunited today with the founder of the Grandmothers group after being linked via DNA tests.
Sources:
Prensa PTS
Buenos Aires Herald
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