Support for Excellon employees....It has come to my attention, as an investor in Excellon, that there are some disturbing issues of threats and harrassments to Excellon workers by management since they took the initiative to exerise their rights and freedoms of association and chose to join a union effective Nov 21st, 2010.
Although, the potential of the resources at Excellon are superb and have not changed, it is our responsibilty and duty to use our voices and make it known to the management of Excellon our disapproval and disgust over these human right issues. I ask that all the shareholders of EXN to read the following and contact management with the below requests:
WE ASK THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY WRITE ASKING FOR THE FOLLOWING:
1. That the company, Excellon Resources Inc., guarantee integrity, security and labor rights to its mining workers.
2. That the company and the State give recognition to the will of the majority of workers who freely and democratically have chosen to affiliate themselves with the National Mining, Metallurgical and Similar Workers Union of Mexico.
3. That the company, Excellon Resources Inc., commit itself to the highest labor rights standards and that it particularly permit all of its workers to freely and without threats or harassment to exercise their freedom of association.
4. That Jorge Mora, General Secretary of Section 309, be reinstalled immediately and that his labor rights be safeguarded.
5. That the Mexican state guarantee the right to freedom of association for workers of the “La Platosa” mine, as established by Agreement 87 of the ILO and the Freedom of Association Committee of the same organism. As well as articles 6 (freedom to work), article 7.d (satisfactory working conditions) and 8, 8.1, 8.1b (union rights) of the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on the subject of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which was signed and ratified by the Mexican state in 1996.