Onslaught Against Trade Unions Claimed 91 Lives

Published November 20, 2008, 12:55 pm, Scoop.co.nz

Brussels, 20 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The publication of this year's ITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations reveals an appalling record of union-busting, anti-union laws, intimidation and violence against workers' representatives in 2007. A worldwide total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights, with Colombia, where 39 lost their lives, by far the ...

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