Honduran labor unions launch major strike

[Joanne98]

Major labor unions in Honduras have launched a general strike protesting the military overthrow of the constitutional President Jose Manuel Zelaya.

“We don't recognize this new government imposed by the oligarchy," declared Oscar Garcia, vice president of the Honduran water workers union, adding that such resistance campaign will persist until President Zelaya is restored to power. "It will be an indefinite strike."

According to a CNN report, Garcia announced that nearly 30,000 public-sector workers as well as some private-sector employees and farmers may participate in the strike.

Garcia made clear, however that infrastructure services such as water supply would not be affected by the strike.

Zelaya was overthrown by a military coup and was sent to Costa Rica ahead of a planned referendum on constitutional reform on Sunday. The referendum could have allowed an extension of his non-renewable four-year term in office.

Zelaya's ouster was condemned by members of the Organization of American States. At an OAS summit in Nicaragua on Monday, Zelaya said he would return to Honduras on Thursday, after addressing the UN in New York on Tuesday.

There have also been clashes between government forces and Zelaya's supporters who demand his return. Thousands of protesters defied the military's curfew in the capital, Tegucigalpa, on Monday to engulf the presidential palace.

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[David__77]

1. Best wishes for the restoration of the president!

I hope the oppressed of Honduras rise up as a single mass to crush these conspirators and their supporters.

[Peace Patriot]

2. "referendum could have allowed extension of his 4-year term"--NOT TRUE!

This is simply NOT TRUE. See www.BoRev.net for the text of the referendum, an ADVISORY vote on whether or not the people of Honduras want to START a process for discussing and re-writing the Constitution, which was written by the Oligarchs during the Reagan "reign of terror" in the 1980s, to favor the rich and the military and disempower the poor majority. And not even this referendum would have had any force of law. It was nothing more than an opinion poll. This bullshit that the referendum was about Zelaya's term limit is a rightwing "talking point" from the blog of the rightwing candidate for president, that has permeated the corpo/fascist media, including the BBC and even some leftist blogs and commenters. It is entirely false. Just think: Karl Rove--and you will understand what this BS "talking point" is and who is behind it. It's like Kerry didn't earn his medals in the Navy!

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Full quote:

"The referendum could have allowed an extension of his non-renewable four-year term in office."