Global Corporation vs. Supreme Court?

[Omaha Steve]

Global Corporation vs. Supreme Court?

Does a global corporation have more power than a Supreme Court? Over a year ago, Indonesian workers employed by global security giant Securicor decided to strike and were promptly and illegally sacked by the company. Every court in Indonesia has supported their claims - including the Supreme Court's recent ruling that workers jobs be reinstated with back pay. But Securicor has yet to comply. These officers are now occupying the company’s headquarters in Jakarta and refuse to leave until they get their jobs back. Many have already lost their homes, been unable to pay their children’s school fees, and skipped medical care because they can't afford it. Do your part and tell Securicor to do the right thing!

http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=125



Workers wait for justice!


Please take the simple online action. A 100% union company made my tennis shoes in a no sweat shop atmosphere. That plant is in Indonesia too. :-)

http://www.nosweatapparel.com/index.html

[robinlynne]

1. Is this an American corporation?

[Solon]

2. Its HQ is in the United Kingdom, however, they own Wackenhut,

a company that WAS run by CIA and FBI agents that were "retired", and are also the second largest security company in the world.

[Omaha Steve]

3. more info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_4_Securicor

Group 4 Securicor
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Group 4 Securicor plc (LSE: GFS) is the world's second-largest security services provider. Formed by the merger of Securicor and Group 4 Falck in July 2004, it employs 360,000 people across 110 nations and six continents. Its services include manned security, operation of criminal justice systems, electronic security systems, and financial services including cash transfer. Its headquarters are in Crawley, UK.

Group 4 Securicor also owns the Wackenhut Corporation, a leading provider of security services in North America.

The anarcho-punk band Crass wrote a song entitled "Securicor", criticizing the corporation <1>.


History

In 2003 Group 4 Falck signed a Detention Services Contract with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)<2>. Under this contract Group 4 Falck took over direct control of Australia's refugee detention centres from Australasian Correctional Management, owned by its subsidiary Wackenhut, which had run them since 1998.
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External link

* Official website http://www.g4s.com/



And this

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:QbaVUFQ1-kUJ:focusongroup4securicor.com/vertical/Sites/%257B1C35B1FC-7F83-4CD3-A4CA-7CAECEF27CAD%257D/uploads/%257B43619083-41EB-4F6F-A3BD-8099963C1045%257D.DOC+Securicor&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4


150+ Workers Occupy Securicor Indonesia Office

Jakarta, 13 June 2006 – After the Indonesia Supreme Court ruled that over 200 illegally sacked Securicor Indonesia workers should be reinstated and given back pay, those workers reported for work – and have refused to leave.

More than 150 workers have nonviolently occupied the Securicor Indonesia office at the Kawasan Komersial Cilandak (Jl. Raya Cilandak KKO) since the morning of Monday, 12 June. These men and women are demanding that Securicor Indonesia comply with the Supreme Court decision.

“Securicor Indonesia has run out of excuses. The Supreme Court has spoken, and now it’s time for Securicor to do the right thing,” said Dedy Toisutta, President of the Securicor Indonesia Labor Union, an affiliate of ASPEK Indonesia (Association of Indonesian Labor Unions).

“The highest court in the land has affirmed that these workers must be reinstated and paid the wages they are owed,” added the workers’ attorney, Ecoline Situmorang of PBHI (Perhimpunan Bantuan Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia Indonesia). “We hope that the company will move immediately to comply with the ruling. If they do not, we will pursue further legal action.”

The Indonesian Supreme Court decision was released on 8 June 2006, affirming the 12 January 2006 PTTUN (High Court on State Administrative Affairs) and 29 June 2005 P4P (labor tribunal) decisions supporting the workers’ position.

On April 25, 2005, about 500 security guards engaged in a legal strike to demand clarity from the company over whether they would remain permanent employees with the same rights following an international merger between Group 4 Falck and Securicor. Rather than pay severance or guarantee the workers that their terms of employment would remain the same, the company fired 238 striking workers in the capital Jakarta and a further 24 in Surabaya.

The Securicor Indonesia workers have received international support throughout its campaign. Their case was just cited in a new report, the International Confederation of Free Trade Union’s Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights 2006, which noted that, the company has engaged in a “campaign of harassment by proxies,” including arranging for Toisutta to be tried for a “trumped up charge” of “unpleasant acts.” The company’s labor rights violations have also been cited in the U.S. State Department’s 2005 Human Rights Report.
Focus on Group 4 Securicor is an international coalition of trade unions and NGOs that are campaigning for higher standards across the security industry. More information is available at www.focusongroup4securicor.com.
For further information:

UK: Emma Cerrone – [phone]

USA: Jessica Champagne – [phone]/[e-mail] (bisa bahasa Indonesia)

Indonesia: Dedy Toisutta – [phone]