The Militant - March 6, 2006 -- Letters

Vol. 70/No. 9 March 6, 2006

Letters

Solidarity with Mexican miners
My name is Phil Polsom and I am the President of CEP [Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada] Local 890, which represents 31 of the miners that were trapped during the fire at Esterhazy potash mine. My guys were the ones cut off from contact with outside communication. I would just like to pass on words of encouragement to the families of the trapped miners in Mexico. I spent 26 hours without contact with my brothers and know firsthand the anguish this can cause. I would like to offer the prayers and thoughts from the 130 members of my local. If you could pass these thoughts on it would be greatly appreciated. We need to show our brothers and sisters around the world we can show Solidarity no matter where the borders.

Phil Polsom
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan

Militant reporters who went to San Juan de Sabinas, Mexico, delivered this message, along with its translation into Spanish, to representatives of the National Mine Workers’ Union of Mexico on the scene February 22.

—Editor

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All workers need union, whatever their language
Solidarity! Mine safety courses in Spanish
65 coal miners in Mexico trapped underground
Two more miners die in Kentucky, Maryland
Toll: 24 in seven weeks
Massey to use immigrants to divide mine workers
Alabama: methane buildup forces mine shutdown
Nickel miner dies in explosion at BHP Billiton in Australia
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