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This is a yearlong blog that aims to mark the 30th anniversary of the Amnesty UK Trade Union Network by exploring the interfaces, and hinterlands, of trade union human rights activism from the perspective of someone privileged enough to have a full-time Amnesty job supporting such collaboration. During the year I hope other trade unionists will join me in posting their human and labour rights activism and perspectives on this blog.
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What sort of country is Costa Rica?
28 January 2010 at 20:44 by TUC guest bloggers
Whilst trade unionists across Central America in countries like Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala continue to pay the ultimate price for their struggles for basic rights and social justice in Costa Rica there are also serious issues.
Costa Rica continues to be a bit of a poster child for the region with eco-tourism developing fast and a very high rating ...
Culture of impunity allows trade unionists to be murdered in Guatemala
21 January 2010 at 20:04 by TUC guest bloggers
Tragically this month has seen the killing of a fourth trade union leader in Guatemala in three months.
Following the murders of Victor Galvez in November and Miguel Chacaj Jax and Pedro Ramirez de la Cruz in December, Evelinda Ramirez Reyes was killed on 13 January when unknown assailants opened fire on the car in which she and three others ...
Trade unionist murdered in El Salvador
21 January 2010 at 19:59 by TUC guest bloggers
El Salvador remains a highly dangerous place to be a trade unionist. Following pressure to bring its national laws into line with International Labour Organisation (ILO) core labour standards so that it could benefit from preferential trade access to the EU, El Salvador recently ratified ILO conventions 87 and 98 which cover the right to form unions and bargain collectively. ...
ACT NOW to stop Iranian authorities executing a teacher trade unionist
16 January 2010 at 12:24 by TUC guest bloggers
This weekend, Iranian-Kurdish political activist and teacher trade unionist Farzad Kamangar faces the threat of imminent education, and Education International are asking people to join an email protest calling on the Iranian authorities to commute the death penalty.
Farzad has been jailed on the nebulous charges of 'endangering national security' and 'enmity against god', and has been tort
Human rights at work and British business
15 December 2009 at 23:26 by TUC guest bloggers
Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights (MPs and Lords) has published a report today (Wednesday 16 December) which looks at how human rights can be improved at the workplace, home and abroad. The Committee criticises the Government for not having a coherent strategy to address the impact on human rights of British business. It is a serious, understated report which ...