Support the banana workers affected by the Nemagon pesticide!
Send an automatic email to President Bolaños and the members of the National Assembly!
March 2005Once again, the banana workers in Nicaragua have marched to Managua, setting up camp outside the National Assembly until their demands are heard. Check out the Hotline archives' reports on their march. For background information on the banana workers and the effects of Nemagon, See: Nicaraguan Banana Workers Poisoned by Nemagon - Tell Dow, Shell and Dole to Pay Up!
Go to the Italy-Nicaragua Association to send an automatic email to President Bolaños and the members of the National Assembly. Then click "send message." If you wish, you can add your name at the bottom of the scroll down box. The message is sent in Spanish (see below) and Italian. The English translation is as follows:
Once again, thousands of former banana workers are marching to Managua to reclaim their rights and respect for the promises made by the Government and the National Assembly:
- The right of the workers to a life-time pension.
- 227 million Córdobas ($14 million) for medical assistance, which should be included in the country's general budget and designated for the Ministry of Health (MINSA).
- The publication of the Raizón Accord, signed in 2004, and the National Assembly's resolution of November 20, 2002 in the official newspaper, La Gaceta, so that Law 364 will remain in effect and not be reformed.
We ask the Government and the National Assembly to respect these promises that they made in months past and that they also defend the life and rights of the citizens, seriously affected by the criminal attitude of the transnational banana companies.
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Una vez mas, miles de ex trabajadores y trabajadoras están marchando hasta Managua, reclamando por sus derechos y por el respeto de los compromisos tomados a su tiempo por el Gobierno y por la Asamblea Nacional:
- Derecho de los afectados a tener una pensión vitalicia
- 227 millones de Córdobas para la asistencia medica, que deben ser incluidos en el Presupuesto General de la Republica y destinados al MINSA
- Que el Acuerdo del Raizón, firmado en el 2004, y la resolución de la Asamblea Nacional del 20 de noviembre del 2002, sean publicadas en la Gaceta, Diario Oficial, para que la Ley 364 pueda quedar vigente y no sea reformada.
Pedimos al Gobierno y a la Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua que respeten los compromisos que tomaron en los meses pasados, y que además defiendan la vida y los derechos de sus ciudadanos, gravemente golpeados por la actitud criminal de las transnacionales bananeras.