Emergency Picket of BP HQ in London

VICTORY TO COLOMBIAN OILWORKERS!

SHAME ON BP – DESTROYER OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CASANARE!

UNION RECOGNITION FOR USO NOW!   MEET COMMUNITY DEMANDS!

FOR DIGNITY AND LIFE IN CASANARE!

NO BLOOD FOR OIL!

 

5pm-6pm 10 June, and every Thursday

1 St James Square, London SW1  (nearest tube Piccadilly Circus)

Bring banners, placards and let’s make a noise!

If you can’t get to London, take action where you are

 

Workers resumed the protest on 21 May with a peaceful occupation of the installations at the Cusiana CPF (Central Processing Facility) in the face of frustrated efforts to reach agreement with BP on the labour negotiating commission. BP has taken upon itself to misrepresent the events aiming to confuse the regional, national and international communities. It has been circulating communiqués and leaflets in the districts of the town of Tauramena.  The peaceful occupation of the CPF installations consists in the total stoppage of building works carried out in the complex…http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/component/content/article/25-news/501-colombian-oilworkers-have-occupied-bp-processing-plant-despite-threats

 

 

Next London Branch Meetings

7pm Tuesday 15 June  Where Next? Colombia After the Election

Introduced by Gustavo Silva

7pm Tuesday 6 July Rules of Forensic Evidence: A New Battleground for the Disappeared

Introduced by Carolina Olarte

NOTE NEW VENUE (due to World Cup Disruption)

Both meetings at FINFUTURE, 225-229 SEVEN SISTERS ROAD, LONDON N4 2DA.

Directions: The FINFUTURE building only a few metres from Finsbury Park station (Piccadilly and Victoria lines, National Rail and buses).

In Finsbury Park station, follow the signs to 'Seven Sisters Road' rather than any of the other exits. Come out of the station into Seven Sisters Road and turn right. After a few metres you should see the Finfuture building on your right. There are signs hanging out over the pavement saying 'Finfuture' and the word is also written up over the main entrance door. If you arrive by 7.00, simply ring the doorbell for attention and someone will let you in.

If you don't make it on time, there will be nobody in reception, so please phone us on 07929 023214 to let you in.

Sometimes people make the mistake of going to Seven Sisters station. Don't do that! It's quite a way away from Finfuture.

War on Want and London Mining Network public meeting

Thursday 22 April, 7 - 9pm

Room B104
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
10 Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG

(nearest tube, Russell Square)

Workers at the BP processing plant at Tauramena, part of the Cusiana oil field in Casanare, Colombia went on strike on 22 January 2010 for improved wages. It was the first such labour stoppage in 18 years. On 15 February the notorious ESMAD 'anti-mutiny' police brutally attacked the workers picket line and the local community with teargas and beatings, three workers were hospitalised. The workers are members of the national Oil Workers Union USO that has only been able to organise in BP plants in the last year.

"You. It's not just a word. It's a commitment."  (UBS publicity)

Colombia Solidarity Campaign London Branch meetings

Are held at 7pm on the third Tuesday of the month at The Apple Tree pub, 45 Mount Pleasant, WC1 (Russell Square, Farringdon, Kings X or Angel tube)

Next meetings:

16 March - Colombian Election and Human Rights - What Next?

20 April - EU / Colombia Free Trade Agreement