The ISI-management was not amused. They could neither get a hold of those workers or the people who handed out the leaflet nor condemn them to three years of forced telephone labour. So ISI used the civil laws in order to "make the workers shut up": by getting court injunctions the company put pressure on "free", the provider who hosts the hotlines-leaflet’s web pages. ISI refers, for instance, to terms like "sh..... job" used in the leaflet and argues with the "law against unfair competition". No word on the working conditions themselves: ISI knows why!
The situation of this legal battle is this: the provider "free" has to cough up lots of money for the legal costs etc; and the website was moved to a different provider in order to avoid further problems for "free". The attempt of censorship was criticised by many independent providers, union-groups etc. Many have published the leaflet and other statements on the ISI-attack. But this is not just about keeping the internet open for the free exchange of information.
This is also about the struggle against the working conditions. Those conditions can only be changed by the people who have to work there. So if you have experiences with ISI or other companies and want to report on them: Write to us!
Donations for "free": Freie Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter Union, Account-No.: 96 152 201, Postbank Hamburg, Bankcode 200 100 20, key word: FREE
See also under:
http://www.ainfos.ca/01/may/ainfos00352.html
http://www.ainfos.ca/01/may/ainfos00567.html
http://www.ainfos.ca/01/jun/ainfos00371.html