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Comrades, please join us to celebrate the victory of the Brooklands Estate workers, whom have finally signed their Sales and Purchase Agreements to their low cost terrace houses after a 13 year struggle!

Date : 10th February 2008 (Sunday)
Time : 10.30 am
Venue : Field, Brooklands Estate, Banting, Selangor.

Workers signing S&P at Lion developer office

Victory of a Socialist Struggle

Since December 1995 the workers of Brooklands Estate have battled the corporate giant, Lion Group which owns the plantation, fighting for their rigths to be given housing in the plantation development project. Lion Group which bought the plantation in 1992 had big plans to develop the land to reap huge profits. A giant steel Mill was strategicaly set up, MegaSteel, and the oil mill workers were given eviction notices and asked to vacate their quarters. The workers whom
have toiled the land for three generations with miserable wages stood their ground and demanded for their own house. In response, Lion Group cut off water and electricity supply to the workers quarters to intimidate them. Access roads were blocked. They lived in darkness, nearly 8 km from the main road.

Then in 1996, in a show of true workers solidarity, more than 100 workers from the neighbouring plantation division joined the struggle. After many pickets, court battles, police reports, work stoppages, finally the corporate giant was brought to its knees. In 2006 Lion Group finally agreed to provide low cost housing for the workers in the plantation land itself . Despite its financial strength and the upport of the state, the Lion was tamed by the workers united struggle.

Thus , finally after a 13 year battle, workers signed their Sales & Purchase agreements to their new homes on the 15th January 2008. To celebrate their victory, we welcome comrades and friends to join the Brooklands Estate workers on this memorable day.

For more information please contact : Sivarajan - 016-6798005

The workers united will never be defeated!