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People’s Earthquake Relief Center established The National Railway Motive Power Union of Chiba (Doro-Chiba) has decided
on the executive committee on March 15th to establish People’s
Earthquake Relief Center together with the National Coordinating Center
of Labor Unions (NCCLU). Its headquarters is in the office of the NCCLU.
It is also decided that an on-the-spot relief center be established. Kan administration is totally incapable to face the situation Tens and hundreds thousands of people affected by the huge earthquake
are being abandoned and killed by Kan administration, which is exposed
to be totally incapable to tackle with the serious situation. The governmental
policy is devastating. Five days after the earthquake, there is no provision
of absolutely necessary materials: water, foodstuffs, medicament, fuels,
blankets, etc on the site of the earthquake. Kan administration, however,
prohibits all transportation and distribution of relief materials under
the pretext of “avoiding confusion”. What the government
is doing is not rescue work, but to strengthen control, maintain social
order and establish national mobilization system. When we let things
going on like this, those people who have barely escaped the death are
to be mercilessly exposed to cold and hunger. It is absolutely vital
to organize independent relief work of workers’ themselves. Another serious point, millions of people are threatened by the danger
of being exposed to high level radiation as a result of leaking from
the stricken reactors. Don’t allow dismissal under the pretext of the earthquake! Major catastrophe caused by the huge East Japan earthquake is in its
essence inevitable results of neo-liberalism, which has lowered administrative
capability to address the crisis through its hectic practice for a quarter
of a century since the Division and Privatization of National Railways:
dismantling of local autonomy, bankruptcy of local finance, breakup
of public infrastructure through privatization, limitless reduction
of number of public service workers, and so on. The huge earthquake
severely hit those local areas, which have been abandoned during these
developments. We must fight back this offensive to live. Send your relief goods and donations to the following address: DORO-CHIBA (DC): National Railway Motive Power Union of CHIBA
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