PRESS RELEASE - Socialist Workers Organisation
Spirit of Quebec comes to Auckland this Mayday

The Chamber of Commerce at the corner of Mayoral Drive and Greys Avenue
is the target for anti capitalist demonstrators in Auckland this
Mayday. Called by the
Socialist Workers Organisation, the "Identify the Enemy" protest will
take the militant spirit of Quebec and Seattle to the representatives of
NZ Big Business, as part of a Global Day of Action against Capitalism.

In Australia, the stock exchanges of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will
be blockaded by the same forces who organised the s11 blockade of the
World Economic Forum last September. Around the world, from London to
Istanbul, Seattle to Johannesburg, hundreds of thousands of trade
unionists, environmentalists, socialists and human rights activists will
target the institutions and organisations that they believe are
globalising poverty, pollution and war.

"We're giving a message to the Chamber of Commerce that there's a new
mood in town, inspired by Quebec and Seattle" says SWO spokesperson, Joe
Carolan. " Workers want 14 weeks paid parental leave- NZ has one of
the worst provisions for workers with newborn babies in the Western
world. Women in Tanzania get 20 weeks paid parental leave, yet here,
the Chamber of Commerce says employers can't afford it!"

"We also want the freedom to strike for social, political and
environmental issues. NZ has still one of the most draconian
anti-strike laws in the Employment Relations Act, that forbids strike
action unless its in the pursuit of a collective contract, or over
health and safety issues. Without our unfettered democratic right to
withdraw our labour, workers are hamstrung when it comes to standing up
to victimisation, unfair sackings, environmental pollution or in
solidarity with fellow workers both here and overseas. We want to see
the return of fighting unions that will roll back the damage done under
the last 16 years of free market madness."

"We're also showing our solidarity with the watersiders of the WWU, who
have been struggling against multinational Carter Holt Harvey's attempts
to casualise their jobs. Under the ERA, strike action in solidarity
with the wharfies of the South Island is illegal, something we're
determined to fight and change."


"Lastly, on this day of international solidarity, we'll be welcoming all
"overstayers" who are currently under the threat of deportation. We
believe that no human is illegal, and challenge the hypocrisy of the
business elite and individuals like Mike Moore, who want to tear down
borders and restrictions for the multinationals and the free flow of
capital, yet who argue for more draconian powers to harass and deport
immigrant workers. We want a full amnesty for all immigrant workers now
living and working in Aotearoa. Overstayers are welcome here- the real
parasites in this society are the greedy suits that lurk inside the
Chamber of Commerce.
This Mayday, we'll identify the real enemy! May the first be with you."

Identify the Enemy protest
4pm May 1st
Corner of Mayoral Drive and Greys Avenue

called by the Socialist Workers Organisation
 http://www.crosswinds.net/~swonz/

Contact- Joe Carolan at 6295401
Grant Morgan at 6343377
SWO office 6343984