The International Trade Union Confederation released its annual survey on Trade Union and Human rights this week. The record’s not pretty. 101 unionists were murdered – 48 in Colombia, 16 in Guatemala, 12 in Honduras, 6 in Mexico, 6 in Bangladesh, 4 in Brazil, 3 in the Dominican Republic, 3 in the Philippines. Many unionists were imprisoned and many arrested in Iran, Honduras, Pakistan, South Korea, Turkey and Zimbabwe.
I know some people think it could never happen here – but actually it has. New Zealand has some brutal history when it comes to workers’ fighting for their rights and while we don’t see this kind of violence these days, we still see open hostility and harsh economic action against workers who try to form unions and collectively bargain.
I’m concerned about the widespread repression, intimidation, imprisonment and even murder of trade unionists in our region, including China, the Philippines, Thailand, Burma and India. During, 2009 ten workers were murdered, some 300 were injured, and over 2000 workers lost their jobs in the course of defending their rights.
This is our region. This is where New Zealand workers compete for jobs, pay and conditions. It’s up to New Zealand to use its influence to try to bring an end to this brutality.
The bombing of the Trades hall Wellington
Earnie Abbott Killed 27 march 1984.
Is anyone else having trouble loading Red Alert? I suspect that there was something in the clip of “Its Going to Ruin us”. It doesn’t stay in place and a huge red film blots out the whole screen. Might be just my old Mac but thought it worth a mention.
If you’re talking about the stuff on the right, all you have to do is enter a thread and then the stuff reappears.
Yes, red alert has been playing up for me too
Seems to be okay for me.
Yup had major loading and screen issues and RED blobs and text unreadable on a new MAC?
Seems OK today issues started Thursday?
Ianmac, no such thing as an ‘old Mac’- preloved, venerable, before their time-yes. But never old.
Mac1
LOL