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"The AFL-CIO denounces this unconscionable attack on the fundamental rights and liberties of the Honduran people," says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney in a June 30, 2009, press statement. |
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The Solidarity Center's report, Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Guatemala, investigates the ongoing assault on worker rights in a country where the vestiges of colonialism and more than three decades of civil war are contributing to corruption and the brutal repression of workers. |
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On June 12, World Day Against Child Labor, we mark the tenth anniversary of the International Labor Organization’s Convention 182 on the prohibition of the worst forms of child labor.
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In a historic move for the Egyptian labor movement, the 27,000-member Real Estate Tax Authority Union will become Egypt’s first independent union. The new union has also affiliated with Public Services International (PSI).
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In Nepal, unions are still struggling to promote democracy and the rights of workers, reports the Solidarity Center’s Tim Ryan from Kathmandu.
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In the latest issue of its e-bulletin, the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine reports on a new Women’s Section National Organizer, protests over unpaid wages, and new leaders for the medical workers union. |
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