Two top trade union leaders arrested - protest messages needed right now [Fiji]

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Two top trade union leaders arrested - protest messages needed right now


Tell Fiji's military dictators - hands off trade union leaders Felix Anthony and Daniel Urai!


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The military dictatorship ruling Fiji has arrested the country's two most prominent trade union leaders.

On November 4, police arrested Felix Anthony, General Secretary of the Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC) and searched both the union headquarters as well as his home.

Anthony’s arrest follows closely the arrest of Daniel Urai, President of the FTUC, who has remained in detention since his return from the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia in late October.

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is calling on trade unionists around the world to mobilise in our thousands and send messages of protest to the Fijian government.

Please take a moment to send your message today:

http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1155

And please forward this message to as many people as possible.

Thank you.


Eric Lee


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Felix and Daniel are free


You protested; the Fijian regime responded.


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Less than 24 hours after we launched a publicity blitz in support of our online campaign demanding the release of the two jailed trade union leaders from Fiji (pictured above), they have both been released. That campaign is now over.

There is still much work to be done regarding Fiji - it is still a military dictatorship which doesn't respect workers' rights. But it is still a victory - for us, for Felix and Daniel, and for the international trade union movement.

Online campaigns work! Please make sure to visit http://www.labourstart.org/actnowen.shtml and sign up to any campaigns you've not yet supported. And spread the word in your union.

And while we're celebrating - three more things you should know:
Korea's Hanjin workers - also the subject of a big LabourStart campaign earlier this year - have now won a victory. We'll have lots more coverage in the next few hours and days, but here's one report.
Are pineapples's an "ethical" fruit? Read about Make Fruit Fair's online campaign in support of workers rights in Costa Rica.
Finally, it's Monica's birthday on Monday. Who's Monica and why should you care? Click here.
Thanks!



Eric Lee


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