Hormel strike spreads, National support needed
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In early January, the U.S. government announced a trade embargo on Libya. It ordered all Americans to leave, and froze the Libyan government's financial assets in the United States. Newsweek magazine (Jan. 20, 1986) disclosed a confidential gov -ernment white paper on Libya that revealed the Reagan administration's intention to "goad [Libyan leader Muammar] Qaddafi into yet another assault on Americans that would give the administration exactly the opportunity it needs to stage a military attack."
The U.S. government is engaged in a Fi are un force in the so-called 'regional conflicts' to meet its political objectives." Shultz' reference to Nicaragua was transparent.
The Reagan administration has con -tinuously attempted to link Nicaragua with alleged Libyan or Soviet "terrorist" campaigns. Recently, U.S. officials accused the Sandinistas of masterminding the M-19 takeover of the Supreme Court building in Bogota, Colombia. As always, the gov -ernment provided no evidence to support its claim.
The U.S. rulers are determined to reverse the Central American revolutionary tide. To do this, they must drive back and ultimately smash the Nicaraguan Rev -olution.
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AUSTIN, Minn., Jan. 31—"This isn't scab city." That's the message being heard here in Austin and across the nation as Local P-9 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) continues to wage a courageous campaign to defeat the Geo. A. Hormel & Co's union-busting effort.
Hormel had hoped that Democratic Gov. Rudy Perpich's decision to send in 800 National Guard troops would deal a decisive blow to the union. But it gravely mis -calculated.
Instead, this display of force struck a nerve among P-9 members. Some 1000 workers rallied at the Austin High School gymnasium on Jan. 25 to give their enthusiastic approval to a motion to send roving picket squads to shut down the entire Hormel operation.
Here in Austin, Local P-9 has stepped up efforts to keep scabs out of the plant. Or Jan. 30, 500 Local P-9 members and supporters completely shut down Hormel's flagship facility. With cars and pickets they blocked the entrance gates, preventing any scabs from entering the plant.
The corporate office was also shut down when a group of women P-9 supporters set up a barricade, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.
The union was well prepared. Through -out the day, when word came that scabs were assembling at gas stations, stores, or (continued on page
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