URL address in the third graph, first sentence should read:
http://workersatexxonmobil.usw.org (sted www.workersatexxonmobil.org.)
News From USW: The USW announced today it has launched a
multilingual web site that will allow workers at ExxonMobil sites
around the world to communicate easily and make it easier to combine
their efforts on issues of common concern.
"This site has been a long time in the making," said USW Vice
President Gary Beevers, who leads the union's collective bargaining
efforts in the oil and gas industry, and who also is chair of the
Global Network for ExxonMobil Workers' Solidarity. "I am confident it
will enhance our ability to communicate and make this valuable network
all the more effective."
The web site may be accessed at
http://workersatexxonmobil.usw.org. It is presented in five languages,
English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. "It contains key
information about the company, about unions that have relationships
with it, about human rights concerns, links to union-allied
organizations concerned with the company, and a space for ExxonMobil
workers to comment," said network administrator Keith Romig.
The Global Network was developed in 2004 in partnership with the
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine & General Workers'
Unions (ICEM). "The ICEM has been a valuable contributor to this
effort," said the USW's Joe Drexler, who directs the USW's strategic
research and planning.
ExxonMobil is the world's largest multinational oil company and is
in fact the largest and most profitable privately-owned business
corporation in the world. "In the past ExxonMobil has had a reputation
of being unwilling to engage with labor and with civil society to make
improvements in conditions," said Beevers. "However more recently the
company has taken positive steps in the right direction. We believe
our network, and our ongoing dialogue with human rights and civil
society groups has played a strong positive role in this change."
The USW is North America's largest industrial union, with 850,000
members in the United States, Canada, and Aruba. It is the largest
U.S. and Canadian union in the energy sector.
The ICEM is a global federation of unions representing 20 million
workers in the chemical, energy, mining, paper and related sectors.
