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4-10,1990 M1CmGAN ClI1ZEN 9
enetration of eas ern
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could add to -U.S. joblessness
UA W warning:
Busi
ess
Hungarian Revolution, who is
the Local3n UA W President
in 10 a as saying. "If the com­
panies get in there and buy off
the (Esatern European)
countries new leadership
before the workers get a
chance to build strong unions,
we're all in trouble."
The editorial charged Schwinn I
Bicycle Company with bread­
ing a UA W strike in Chicago,
then taking over a bicycle com­
pany in Budapest, Hungary.
According to the article,
Schwinn fired 40% of its work
force and the manager
boasted, "There are no unions
in the (Hungarian) plant and
wor ers who can't keep up the
pace are subject dismissal."
The editorial also charged that
Guardian Industries in
Michigan "declared war"
against UA W workers and
recently "bought out 80% of a
Hungarian glass factory."
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The editorial quoted historian
Daniel Singer, who wrote
about the Solidarity union's
struggle against Soviet domina­
tion of Poland, but is now dis­
turbed that the U.S. may start
interfering jn the internal
afairs of eastern block
countries.
""As soon as our Western
governments and fmancial in­
stitutions got at chance,
Singer was quoted as saying,
"they showed us what they
were capable of in practice ...
the one who pays the piper
calls the tune."
While Elsila sees analogies be­
tween what might happen in
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DBTROrr - An editorial in the
UA W magazine
SOUDARITY expressed con­
cern about a possible dark
side to American business
penetration of eastern
Europe - wider U.S. un­
employment and lower wages
for those who do work.
Dave Elisa, editor of the
magazine, emphasized that the
UA W has been a strong op­
ponent of Communism and a
strong supporter of groups
like the Polish union
Solidarity, working for
democracy in eastern
European countries.
He charge though that pro­
democr cy developments
could allow anti union com­
panies to use such countries
for cheap labor, just many
businesses have done in South
Africa.
The editorial quote Jeno
Berta, a refugee from the 1956
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penetration of South Africa,
and emphasizes UAW sup­
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necessary for American
workers to form international
ties to labor in all other
countries.
"Those who say the free
market is synonymous with
freedom," his editorial says,
"should look at labor practices
in their own back yard."
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