NO ES EXTRAÑO que Zapatero cancele reuniones o apariciones públicas por cansancio o porque la da pereza inaugurar una fábrica propiedad de un mardito yanqui. Lo que sí es novedoso es el motivo por el que anuló su participación como parte el trío Lalalá (Lula, Kirchner y Zapatero) en un coloquio previsto desde hace meses en la New York University dutante la estancia de los tres estadistas en la ciudad de los rascacielos para asistir al contubernio de la ONU y que tenía que haberse celebrado el pasado jueves:

Three presidents – Lula da Silva of Brazil, Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain and Nestor Kirchner of Argentina –canceled an appearance scheduled for today at New York University.

The three presidents, in New York for a United Nations summit on poverty, were asked by the AFL-CIO to cancel their long-scheduled appearance to discuss “Latin America and Europe: Challenges and Realities.” The U.S. labor federation asked the presidents not to appear at any NYU events until the university agrees to negotiate with GSOC/UAW Local 2110, the union representing graduate teaching and research assistants.

“NYU claims this event was canceled due to a ‘scheduling conflict’ “, said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. “The real conflict here is between the democratic rights of NYU’s academic student employees, who have repeatedly expressed their majority support for union representation, and the autocratic behavior of NYU administrators who refuse to come to the bargaining table.”

“NYU can try to spin this any way they want,” said Phil Wheeler, director of UAW Region 9A, which includes New York City. “But the reality is quite plain: World leaders who respect democracy, human rights and worker rights don’t want to be associated with an institution which betrays those very principles when dealing with its own workforce.”

The UAW and the AFL-CIO are calling upon scholars, community leaders and public officials to refrain from NYU-sponsored events until the university agrees to bargain in good faith with Local 2110.

Si es verdad que Zapatero anuló un acto público a instancias de un sindicato que pretendía así presionar en un proceso de negociación colectiva, es un nuevo acto de irresponsabilidad en absoluto propio del jefe del poder ejecutivo de un país democrático.

Si AFL-CIO simplemente se está marcando un farol, será mejor que La Moncloa se de prisa en emitir una nota de desmentido.