Mar 3 2009 - AP
VERACRUZ, Mexico – A Mexican state water company worker has sewn his lips together to draw attention to his five-year fight to get a promotion. The man used a needle and thread to put five stitches through his lips in front of the water company headquarters in the eastern city of Veracruz.
He handed a statement to reporters on Monday saying he has pleaded his case before several state institutions but only received unfulfilled promises.
The man has been a laborer at the company for 18 years and has been seeking an office job since 2004.
Water company labor-union leader Angelica Navarette dismissed the man as a troublemaker whose demands are unfounded. She said the company has offered him better benefits but he refuses to compromise.
Mankind has created spectacular works of art, engineered incredibly tall buildings, designed impressive supercomputers, lived in outerspace, discovered cures for nasty diseases. As a whole, nothing can compare to human intelligence, but sometimes, humans need to get a *point* across.
Mexican worker sews his lips to demand promotion