Comité Fronterizo
de Obrer@s
CFO

For the labor rights and all human rights of the maquiladora workers

Workers score second victory over Fujikura's greed

After a summer-long clash with their employer, 725 Fujikura workers accepted $400,000 in additional compensation after the company offered an unfair buyout agreement in exchange for voiding the contract and rehiring the same workers under new and less attractive terms. As many as 400 workers took their checks and simply walked away from the promise of new jobs.

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"Always treat the local community with respect and appreciation." Fujikura Code of Conduct

Fujikura wants to terminate its 725 workers in Piedras Negras, eliminate the bargaining agreement that it considers too costly, and then begin rehiring the same workers. In exchange it offered basic severance packages. The workers ask for indemnifications that include 20 days of wages for each year worked.

Dialogue Defuses War of Nerves in the Maquiladoras

Tensions provoked by a smear campaign against the CFO were defused through meetings with the mayors of Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña. The CFO appreciates the mayors' concern for keeping the maquiladora jobs in their towns, although it also emphasizes that well-paying jobs would actually do more for local economies than cutting the industry's already depressed wages in half.

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Comité Fronterizo de Obrer@s (CFO)
Monterrey #1103, Col. Las Fuentes
Piedras Negras, Coahuila
C.P. 26010, México