/* Written 11:33 AM Jun 19, 1997 by nfnena in igc:nfn.tempforest */
From: Native Forest Network-ENA <nfnena@igc.apc.org>
ENVIRONMENTALISTS JOIN WITH LABOR
AGAINST GANNETT/BURLINGTON FREE-PRESS
GANNETT BUSTS UNIONS & THE FREE-PRESS HELPS DESTROY
THE ENVIRONMENT AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Burlington, VT--On June 18, the Native Forest Network joined a
solidartity demonstration with labor in front of the Burlington Free-
Press, protesting the Gannett newspaper chain's union busting tactics
with Detroit newspaper strikers. The NFN also protested the use of
paper purchased from the Japanese multinational Daishowa, a
supplier to the Free-Press and responsible for attempting to destroy
Lubicon Lake Cree territory in Alberta.
People listened to speeches concerning the Detroit strikers and the
NFN brought forth information regarding Daishowa. People then
marched thru the streets of Burlington distributing information on
the Detroit strike and the situation in Alberta.
On Daishowa--
ROTTEN TO THE CORE
Ralph Nader's Multinational Monitor has named Daishowa one of the
Ten Worst Corporations of 1996, calling it "rotten to the core" for its
attempts to silence Canadians who are critical of its activities.
Daishowa is suing the Toronto group Friends of the Lubicon for its
successful boycott campaign in support of the Lubicon Lake Cree
Nation of Alberta. Since the boycott began in 1991, Daishowa has
been forced to hold off clear-cut logging operations on disputed
Native lands. But last year the company convinced an Ontario
Appellate Court to outlaw the boycott and is now seeking damages it
claims have topped $10 million.
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BOYCOTT GANNETT BOYCOTT THE BURLINGTON FREE-PRESS
BOYCOTT DAISHOWA
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NATIVE FOREST NETWORK
Eastern North American Resource Center
POB 57, Burlington, VT 05402 USA
(802)863-0571
(802)863-2532 Fax
email: nfnena@igc.apc.org