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22nd January 2010, 07:37
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World Labor Protests Central America Assassinations
El Salvador: Union Leader Shot Dead
International Trade Union Confederation
ITUC OnLine
January 19, 2010
http://www.ituc-csi.org/el-salvador-union-leader-shot-dead.html
Brussels
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has
joined its regional organisation TUCA and Salvadorian
affiliates CTD (Central de Trabajadores Democraticos de
El Salvador) and CATS (Central Autonoma de Trabajadores
Salvadorenos) in strongly condemning the assassination
of Victoriano Abel Vega, General Secretary of SITRAMSA
(Sindicato de trabajadores y Empleados Municipales de
la Alacaldia de Santa Ana), an affiliate of CATS.
According to the information received by the ITUC, the
trade union leader was murdered on his way to San
Salvador where he was to attend a meeting with several
other trade unionists in preparation for a complaints
procedure regarding the unfair dismissal of several
employees of the municipality of Santa Ana in breach of
Conventions 87 and 98 of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO). Abel Vigo had been issued with
death threats in connection with his role as a trade
union leader and his denunciation of the dismissals.
"This serious incident threatens the country's already
fragile stability and is an attack on trade union
freedom in El Salvador", said ITUC General Secretary
Guy Ryder. "ILO conventions 87 and 98 were recently
ratified by El Salvador and are therefore binding and
should be enforced."
In a letter
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/Asesinato_de_Abel_Victoriano_Vega_enero.pdf
to the Salvadorian authorities, the ITUC urged
President Mauricio Funes to immediately launch an
enquiry, to identify and punish with the full force of
the law all those responsible for this brutal crime.
The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 155
countries and territories and has 311 national
affiliates. http://www.ituc-csi.org (http://www.ituc-csi.org/) and
http://www.youtube.com/ITUCCSI
Assassinations continue in Guatemala
International Trade Union Confederation
ITUC OnLine
January 19, 2010
http://www.ituc-csi.org/assassinations-continue-in,4918.html
Brussels
The ITUC has strongly condemned the assassination of
Evelinda Ramerez Reyes, leader of the resistance front
for the defence of people and natural resources, FRENA,
affiliated to the national resistance front, FNL, which
is part of the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and
campesino movement, MSICG. Last week, leaders from the
San Marcos branch of FRENA went to the capital to meet
with various representatives of the state authorities
to denounce the arbitrary acts, abuses and illegalities
committed by DEOCSA-UNION FENOSA and government
authorities in their application of the "State of
Prevention" declared by the government on 22 December
2009.
On 13 January, over 750 people, including the leaders
of FRENA, met with government officials to request a
restoration of Constitutional guarantees. As four of
the leaders were returning home, unknown assailants
shot at their vehicle, killing Evelinda Ramerez Reyes.
"The ITUC concurs with the communique issued by the
URNG_Maez, Winaq and the MNR, maintaining that this
assassination, like so many others, is the result of
the impunity enjoyed by parallel powers operating to
suppress social and trade union leaders trying to
defend human and labour rights. A strengthening of the
rule of law is essential, so that the Guatemalan people
can freely exercise their fundamental rights," said
ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder.
In a letter to the Guatemalan authorities, the ITUC
called on President Alvaro Colom to intervene directly
and immediately to ensure that this case is resolved
and that all those responsible are identified and
brought to justice, and to take every step necessary to
bring an end to the impunity and the anti-union climate
prevailing in Guatemala.
The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 155
countries and territories and has 311 national
affiliates. http://www.youtube.com/ITUCCSI
_____________________________________________
Portside aims to provide material of interest
to people on the left that will help them to
interpret the world and to change it.
World Labor Protests Central America Assassinations
El Salvador: Union Leader Shot Dead
International Trade Union Confederation
ITUC OnLine
January 19, 2010
http://www.ituc-csi.org/el-salvador-union-leader-shot-dead.html
Brussels
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has
joined its regional organisation TUCA and Salvadorian
affiliates CTD (Central de Trabajadores Democraticos de
El Salvador) and CATS (Central Autonoma de Trabajadores
Salvadorenos) in strongly condemning the assassination
of Victoriano Abel Vega, General Secretary of SITRAMSA
(Sindicato de trabajadores y Empleados Municipales de
la Alacaldia de Santa Ana), an affiliate of CATS.
According to the information received by the ITUC, the
trade union leader was murdered on his way to San
Salvador where he was to attend a meeting with several
other trade unionists in preparation for a complaints
procedure regarding the unfair dismissal of several
employees of the municipality of Santa Ana in breach of
Conventions 87 and 98 of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO). Abel Vigo had been issued with
death threats in connection with his role as a trade
union leader and his denunciation of the dismissals.
"This serious incident threatens the country's already
fragile stability and is an attack on trade union
freedom in El Salvador", said ITUC General Secretary
Guy Ryder. "ILO conventions 87 and 98 were recently
ratified by El Salvador and are therefore binding and
should be enforced."
In a letter
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/Asesinato_de_Abel_Victoriano_Vega_enero.pdf
to the Salvadorian authorities, the ITUC urged
President Mauricio Funes to immediately launch an
enquiry, to identify and punish with the full force of
the law all those responsible for this brutal crime.
The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 155
countries and territories and has 311 national
affiliates. http://www.ituc-csi.org (http://www.ituc-csi.org/) and
http://www.youtube.com/ITUCCSI
Assassinations continue in Guatemala
International Trade Union Confederation
ITUC OnLine
January 19, 2010
http://www.ituc-csi.org/assassinations-continue-in,4918.html
Brussels
The ITUC has strongly condemned the assassination of
Evelinda Ramerez Reyes, leader of the resistance front
for the defence of people and natural resources, FRENA,
affiliated to the national resistance front, FNL, which
is part of the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and
campesino movement, MSICG. Last week, leaders from the
San Marcos branch of FRENA went to the capital to meet
with various representatives of the state authorities
to denounce the arbitrary acts, abuses and illegalities
committed by DEOCSA-UNION FENOSA and government
authorities in their application of the "State of
Prevention" declared by the government on 22 December
2009.
On 13 January, over 750 people, including the leaders
of FRENA, met with government officials to request a
restoration of Constitutional guarantees. As four of
the leaders were returning home, unknown assailants
shot at their vehicle, killing Evelinda Ramerez Reyes.
"The ITUC concurs with the communique issued by the
URNG_Maez, Winaq and the MNR, maintaining that this
assassination, like so many others, is the result of
the impunity enjoyed by parallel powers operating to
suppress social and trade union leaders trying to
defend human and labour rights. A strengthening of the
rule of law is essential, so that the Guatemalan people
can freely exercise their fundamental rights," said
ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder.
In a letter to the Guatemalan authorities, the ITUC
called on President Alvaro Colom to intervene directly
and immediately to ensure that this case is resolved
and that all those responsible are identified and
brought to justice, and to take every step necessary to
bring an end to the impunity and the anti-union climate
prevailing in Guatemala.
The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 155
countries and territories and has 311 national
affiliates. http://www.youtube.com/ITUCCSI
_____________________________________________
Portside aims to provide material of interest
to people on the left that will help them to
interpret the world and to change it.