Military, Federal Police Bust Mexican Electrical Workers Union

[Xicano]

Fascism is alive and well..

In the middle of the night last Saturday, President Felipe Calderon sent six thousand soldiers and militarized Federal Police to take over state power company Luz y Fuerza installations in Mexico City and the states of Mexico, Puebla, Morelos, and Hidalgo. Immediately following the takeover, Calderon issued an executive order closing Luz y Fuerza. Because no law or decree can go into effect until it is published in the federal government's Official Diary of the Federation, the government published the executive order in a special edition of the Official Diary of the Federation to coincide with the military and police raids that closed Luz y Fuerza.

Mexican legal experts have criticized Calderon's action as illegal, unconstitutional, and "an excessive and abusive use of power" because he by-passed Congress when he decided to close Luz y Fuerza and deploy the military and police against workers.

The government's official justification for closing Luz y Fuerza is that the company's operating expenses exceed those of other state-owned companies. It claims its use of the military and militarized federal police was a pre-emptive strike: it wanted to prevent workers from striking, taking control of the facilities, and cutting off power in protest of the closing of Luz y Fuerza. However, a week prior to the police and military takeover, the union specifically stated in a press release that it had no intentions of striking nor cutting off power to electricity customers.

However, Mexican Labor News & Analysis' Dan La Botz has a different perspective on the government's intentions:


http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2009/10/military-federal-police-bust-mexican-electrical-workers-union

[conscious evolution]

1. I cant wait

to see how long the power stays on now.
Without qualified people to run things the generators are not going to stay on line for very long.

[a la izquierda]

2. Ooh boy, busting the unions can't be a good thing...

Calderon, I have a feeling you're not going to like the powder keg you just ignited. What a dipshit.