Strike continued from page 6A representatives say company of ficials ignored their demands and fired 200 striking workers, some of whom were reinstated shortly after the strike began. Price said the demands are ille gal and the workers were tempo rary — the season dictates the end of their jobs. Price also claims the FAT has targeted his company be cause it is U.S. owned and be cause it is not the will of the work ers to organize. “We have a good work force with good people,” Price said. . Robin Alexander is director of international labor affairs for United Electric, which works in close solidarity with the FAT for worker’s rights. She went to Mex ico in July, and workers told her that when they were fired their credentials were taken away. Alexander said that if there is already a union in place, workers who want to elect another union must propose an alternate con tract and have an election. If the new union wins they must fol low the old contract, which usu ally lasts for two years, and rene gotiate when it expires. If no union exists, workers who wish to form one can file a proposed contract and go straight to negotiation, Alexander said. But workers at the CRISA ap proached the situation as though there were no union, because in their eyes there was not one. For this reason their proposal was re jected by the Mexican labor board. “I hadn’t seen or signed anything,” Lara said of the so called preexisting union. Price does not acknowledge the strike and said disgruntled work ers, controlled by the FAT, are un fairly targeting his company. My family “was there before the FAT existed.” But to Lara the strike is more than real. Price has filed a criminal in dictment against the striking workers alleging violence and that workers obstructed non striking workers from entering the plant. “They say we will have to go to jail if we don’t take back the de mands, but our demands are rea sonable,” Lara said. “If I have to die for it, I will die.” Services continued from page 1A difficult, and we try to let victims know that,” Fiskio said. After a victim files a report with police, officers typically in terview the victim, recommend a victims’ advocacy group and, in cases where the assault occurred in the past 72 hours, suggest the victim take a sexual assault ex amination. The exams, administered only with police permission, are con ducted at a hospital typically by one nurse. Exam results are then handed over to the police. “The exam isn’t fun,” Nancy Falko, a registered nurse at Sa cred Heart Medical Center, said. “It feels to many women like an other invasion.” Nonetheless, Falko recom mends all victims take the exams to acquire the vital evidence against their attackers. “Everyone should have evi dence collected because rape is not a crime of sex. It’s a crime of violence,” she said. After interviewing a victim and recommending sexual assault ex aminations, police interview sus pects and possible witnesses and begin gathering evidence. If police feel they have a strong case against an alleged attacker, all evidence and testimony is turned over to the District Attor ney’s office. The office then as signs a seven-member grand jury of citizens to review the case. If the grand jury indicts an alleged offender, a judge formally charges the suspect of the crime. At arraignment, the accused person either pleads innocent or guilty, and the case goes on to ei ther trial or plea bargaining. During the investigation and trial, victims have to speak sever al times with detectives, possibly answer questions for the grand jury or appear in court. At any point in the investigation or dur ing the grand jury review, the case could be dropped for lack of Supportive tips • Believe what victims tei t you and be supportive. • Never ask questions that may blame the survivor for the assault. • Listen when they talk. Make them feel comfortable when ex pressing feelings. •Validate their feelings and reas sure them that what they did to survive was right. • They may experience self-blame. Let them know they did not de serve to be assaulted. • Do not be judgmental. Counter act blaming statements. • Don't interrogate victims. They may not feel comfortable talking about the assault. • Recognize their right to talk about the assault whenever needed. • Support the decisions they make about talking to police. • Let them knowthe importance of seeking med icaI attention. • Build a strong support network. Get support for yourself when you need it. SOURCE: Sexual Assault Support Services evidence. The whole process often takes as long as a year, Gutierrez said. “When the case is rejected, it can be very invalidating,” Gutier rez said. “Victims feel pretty helpless, and they don’t always feel good about the outcome. “What impacts victims the most isn’t the incident but that they aren’t believed, they aren’t given a chance to grieve or they can’t have access to support. It impacts the rest of your life,” she said. 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