UNI-Americas Info Bulletin for October 2008

Labour news from UNI global union - for trade unions in a global services economy. - Regional Secretary: Rodolfo Benítez No. 62 – OCTOBER – 2008 “FREEDOM FROM FEAR” MOVES IN COLOMBIA UNI is stepping up its work in Colombia as part of a global “Freedom from Fear” project aimed at protecting human and labor rights. Colombia is still the most dangerous place to be a trade union activist or leader, with 41 killings so far this year, an increase from 2007. UNI Global Union’s mission in Colombia has called for speedier action to find the killers of victims like banking trade union leader Leonidas Gómez, who was murdered in his own apartment in March. “More needs to be done,” UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings told an end-of-mission press conference. “Trade union rights are human rights and every Colombian worker should have the... [read full story]