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Monsanto From: Kevin S. Cahill - G4WD - 4-7518 Date: Subj: September 14, 1993 NAFTA cc: T. R. Vennemann - 1760 L. W. Wassell - G4WF To: S. J. Henderson - 1760 V. T. Matteucci - G5NR M. E. Miller - G4NJ L. J. O'Neill - G4WA R. Potter - G4NH D. B. Price - G5NV D. L. Sliney - G4NJ Attached please find transcripts of the broadcasts regarding the NAFTA rally that took place at the Queeny plant this past Saturday morning. Overall, the coverage was balanced. Also attached is an article which appeared in the Sunday Post-Dispatch. We do not anticipate any further media attention. KSC/ms Enclosure / Kevin S. Cahill DSW 135190 STLCOPCB4035157 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1993 STLOUIS POST-DISPATCH /'"v i nm i Tfc , S By Fred W. Lindecke . NAFTA would create jobs. : % Missouri Political Correspondent About 200 union members chanted and sang outside Monsanto Co.'s cQueeny plant Saturday, protesting Dan Fagan, representing Pipefit ters Local 562, said: "Send NAFTA to hell, and let the politicians know -- against the proposed North Ameri they're going to the same place if can Free Trade Agreement. They they vote for this;" " sail that if Congress passes it, they Joan Suarez, regional director of couldlose their jobs to Mexico. the.Amalgamated Clothing and Tex *- Sandra Brown, a clothing worker tile Workers Union, said the Queeny from Warren, Ark., said the average plant at 1700 South Second Street pay in her plant is $5.25 per hour. had been picked for the protest be aa * . _.'1' . SEe-saidshe had toured a maquil- cause Monsanto was a leading sup ladora plant, a plant in Mexico next porter of NAFTA. to the U.S. border, where clothing Suarez said Monsanto had poi i workers were paid $23 for a 50-hour soned water supplies in Mexican . ... week;.. communities and exploited Mexican Larry Schieffer, who works in a workers. . _ furniture plant in Wright City, Mo., She said the protest would send a said he feared that the owner of the message "to Monsanto and every plant would move the company to other corporation that is trying to Mexico if NAFTA passed. destroy our standard of living." - "He already has a plant in Can ada," Schieffer said. "He could go south." Victor Crawley, vice president of District 6 of the Communication ' Workers Union, told the crowd that AT&T no longer makes telephones in the United States and that the Mexi- Scarlett Foster, spokeswoman for Monsanto, said Monsanto did no manufacturing in Mexico and had fewer than 100 employees there. They are sales people and workers who package goods manufactured in the United States, she Said. / cans who make, them work under Monsanto supports NAFTA, Fos poor conditions for low pay. ter said, but the other charges "are Crawley said President Bill Clinton absolutely false. We wrote them a jand Texas Gov. Ann Richards were letter telling them their information .confused when they argued that was wrong." j OSW 135191 STLCOPCB4035158 146946572 MONSANTO CORP COMM F-417 T-445 P-002 SEP 13 '93 15:53 BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT CHent: Monuuto Station: KTVI Program: Local News Date: 9/11/93 Time: 5 PM Subject: NAFTA Protests Betsy Bruce (Anchor); Determined trade unionists march outside Monsanto's Queeny plant against the proposed trade agreement with Mexico. Several hundred protesters rallied against the North American Free Trade Agreement. Their leadership claims Monsanto operates chemical plants in Mexico, but Monsanto denies that. The unions argue that NAFTA will hurt American workers. Joan Soarcz (Textile Worker): This treaty was negotiated on behalf of corporations. It is not a trade treaty. It's an investment treaty. It's a treaty that protects the rights of corporations while not protecting the rights of workers or protecting our environment at all- Foster (Monsanto Spokesperson): We support NAFTA because it means long term job growth. We sell chemical products, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, and sweeteners into Mexico. Bruce: Congress has yet to vote on the NAFTA treaty. END Media pulse, me. A Television and radio news monitoring Service. 8123 DcJmar, Suite 204, Sl Louts, Missouri 03130 (314) 721*5514 24 Uouic * (314) 721-5682 FAX DSW 135192 STLCOPCB4035159 146946572 MONSANTO CORP COMM F--417 T-445 P-003 SEP 13 '93 15:53 BROADCAST Transcript Client: Monsanto Station: KSDK Program: Local News Date: Time: Subject 9/13/93 5 PM NAFTA Protest Kay Quhra: Some workers opposed to the North American Free Trade Agreement rallied today in front of St Louis* Monsanto Company. Randy Jackson: Hie demonstrators want to send a message to Congress, they don't want American jobs going to Mexico. News Channel S's Sarah Harlow was at today's demonstration and joins us in the news room with more. Sarah Hariowe: Well Randy and Kay, most ofthe demonstrators were from the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. There is a regional meeting going on here in St Louis. Now, Monsanto doesn't employ textile workers, but was targeted today because the company supports the trade agreement Unidentified Union Member: Ifwe're closing down then somebody's going to have to lake responsibility aren't they? We're just starting here aren't we. Hariowe: The issue tor the Clothing and Textile workers and other union members here is jobs. They fear the North American Free Trade Agreement will mean American companies can send theirjobs to Mexico where labor is cheaper. Sandra Brown (Union Member) I have 3 children who 1 love dearly, and 1 want them to have a future in America. This is our country and we have to protect it Media pulse, Inc. a television and Radio news monitoring service. 3123 Dclmar, Suite 204, SL Louis. Missouri 63130 (314) 721*5514 24 Hours (314) 721-5682 PAX DSW 135193 STLCOPCB4035160 VOLUNTARY PROTECTION PROGRAMS PARTICIPANTS' ASSOCIATION Volunteers kx Total Quality Protection December 21, 1995 The Honorable William Clay US House ofRepresentatives 2306 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Clay: I know you will be pleased to hear of the recent achievement of a number of your constituents, the 150 employees ofthe Monsanto Chemical J.F. Queeny facility in St. Louis. On October 17, 1995 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved the Monsanto facility for participation in its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) as a Star site. The VPP recognize worksites for achieving excellence in their safety and health programs through cooperation among labor, management, and the government. The Star Program is the highest level of recognition in the VPP. There are currently 11 worksites in the State ofMissouri that have achieved the honor of VPP approval. The Monsanto facility is currently the only site in the first district to have achieved this honor. The facility manufactures industrial organic chemicals. Employees at the facility are represented by the International Chemical Workers Union, Local #16. The OSHA review team reported they were impressed with the effective use of a computerized preventive maintenance program at the facility. OSHA commended the facility for their job safety analyses and safety training requirements. - OSHA will present a flag and plaque to the employees at the Monsanto J.F. Queeny Plant at a ceremony scheduled for February 16, 1996. I hope you will take this opportunity to extend congratulations to the employees at the facility for their tremendous achievement. If you have any questions about the site's participation in the VPP, please contact: Robert Aquadro, Safety Supervisor Monsanto Chemical, J.F. Queeny Plant 1700 South Second Street St. Louis, MO 63177 (314) 622-1477 7600-E Leesburg Pike Suite 440 Falls Church, VA 22043 Telephone (703) 761-1146 FAX (703) 761-1148 DSW 135848 STLCOPCB4035161 314S946572 MONSANTO CORP COMM F-417 T-445 P-004 SEP 13 '93 15:54 Broadcast Transcript Hartowe: Hie pact would create the world's largest free trade zone linking more than 360 million consumers. President Clinton favors the agreement, but Congressman Richard Gephardt says it will be a tough sell. Rickard Gephardt: I'm for a trade agreement because we can sell more stuff to Mexico, but ifpeople are at a dollar an hour they are not going to be much of a consumer. So, we really need a treaty that puts upward pressure on wages in Mexico, to this point, this treaty doesn't do it. Hartowe: Monsanto admits that it supports NAFTA, and thafs why demonstrators targeted the company, Joan Suarez ( ACTWU Organizer): They arc here in support ofthe NAFTA, as are other American corporations, because it opens the doors tbr them to go to low wages and lax environmental standards and mare profits. Hariowe: Monsanto says that's not true, Scarlett Foster (Monsanto Spokesperson): Our environmental standards arc some of the toughest in the world. There are no exceptions. They apply lo every country that we arc in. We don't have any plans at this point to even move into Mexico. Hariowe: Monsanto currently has 100 workers in Mexico, but they aren't in. manufacturing, only sales positions. By the way, we've heard a lot about NAFTA recently, but the 2,000 page agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico was actually drawn up more than, a year ago. No word yet mi when it will actually go to a vote. END 2 DSW 135194 STLCOPCB4035162 3146946572 MONSANTO CORP COMM F-417 T-445 P-005 SEP 13 '93 15:54 broadcast Transcript CJhmv Monsanto Station: KMOV Program: Local News Date: Ume: Subject 9/11/93 6 PM NAFTA Protests Evan Forrester (Anchor): Union members protest the North American Free Trade Agreement. Monsanto Chemical the target oftoday's demonstration, The chemical giant is on record as supporting NAFTA, an agreement that would ease trade restrictions between North and South American countries. Protesters on hand today say that NAFTA will send thousands ofrank and file jobs south of the border to Mexico. Larry Schieffer ( Protester); We're pillaging those people's country below the border already, and ourjobs are leaving this country. So, yes.....Tm worried about all ofthejobs in the area, indie United States and Canada, everybody. I'm worried about all ofthem. Forrester: Monsanto says protesters ant misrepresenting die St Louis company. A company spokesman says opening free trade with Mexico is only going to mean long term job security for US workers. END Media Pulse, Inc A Television and Radio News Monttcsumg Service. 8123 PcUnar, Suite 204, St. Lode, Missouri 63130 (314) 721-5514 24 Hoots (314) 721-5682 FAX DSW 135195 STLCOPCB4035163 The company also regularly inspects its storage tanks to ensure their integrity. Acoustical emission testing, developed by Monsanto, is used to detect any weaknesses or cracks in a tank before they become problems by emitting and reading sound waves. Monsanto inspectors also check annually the safety procedures of major non-company warehouses and terminals that handle large volumes of our materials. High Hazard Materials (HHM) Audits The HHM program focuses on identification and management of risks associated with the handling of certain hazardous chemicals. Guidelines are developed for each material which incorporate state-of-the-art technology for handling and processing the chemicals. The program also includes biannual auditing, inventory control and emergency response reviews. The audits have resulted in many changes in the way Monsanto makes, uses, stores and transports chemicals. Existing Operations Safety audits of existing operations sometimes point out changes which can be made to the process or control systems to make them safer. For instance: -- Monsanto stresses the use of "redundant features" in its safety system so that if one control mechanism fails, another will activate. -- Where appropriate, electrically operated safety controls on certain processes are "hard wired" -- that is, connected to their own power sources -- so that they will not short out or fail to function should a fire or other mishap occur nearby. -- Many of Monsanto's existing processes have been converted to computer controls using Fisher ProVOX systems. In addition to quality and yield improvements, ProVOX has many safety advantages. It allows operators to better control the process and better analyze data which allows quicker response to abnormalities. It also allows remote monitoring and controlling of the process to further protect the operator during start-ups and shut downs. (more) 2 DSW 135870 STLCOPCB4035164