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Musicians, artists…
Do you know who made your guitar?
As musicians, artists, makers, and cultural activists – we believe that the people who make our instruments, who make art and music possible, should be able to work without fear, without harassment, without discrimination — in short, that they be treated like human beings.
Over decades, the Cort and Cort-tek workers in Korea have made
Fender, Squier, Gibson, G&L Tribute, Ibanez, Lakeland, Alvarez, Carvin and Parkwood guitars under conditions that would horrify anyone. And as Jack Westheimer himself, one of the investors in Cort, stated, Waiters in Korea make more than the Cort guitar workers. So they unionized – only to be locked out of the factory in 2007 when the company shifted all of its production to China and Indonesia.
In protest against this cruel and sudden mass firing, the workers have raised their voices for more than 1000 days of struggle, and we lift our voices with them, in whatever way we know how: by making our music, by lifting our brushes, by making videos, and telling the workers’ story to the world.
Just as music is a global language that crosses borders, so is the belief in justice for the workers who make the music possible. So we take action and we ask you to join us – because a world in which workers are denied their rights and livelihoods is not the world in which we can make music.
If you are an artist, musician, cultural activist, work in media, or otherwise interested in supporting in the creative actions taking place in Korea, Germany, Japan, or the US, please contact: cortguitar.action@gmail.com or see the Contact page for contacts outside the US, in Korea and Japan. You can also spread the news about Cort on music blogs, press, your own site, by linking to this international solidarity blog and the petition, by throwing a concert! an exhibit! a creative action or happening!
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