In Tehran, a court has imposed a five year prison sentence on Mansour Osanloo, head of the bus workers union, on the charge of "acting against national security" and making "propaganda against the system". Osanloo has 20 days to appeal the verdict.
Meanwhile, Mahmoud Salehi -- another leading figure in the embattled Iranian unions, currently in jail --reported that his kidney problems have worsened and his blood pressure has fallen dramatically. The authorities are doing nothing to help him and his life now appears to be in danger.
We have newly reported about how emails did to help compell Chiquita to act in Costa Rica -- Labourstart now need to intensify the efforts in support of Mahmoud Salehi, Mansour Osanloo and the other brave Iranian trade unionists who have taken on one of the world's most repressive regimes.
Here you can support them and send off your message to the Iranian authorities.
Andra bloggar om: Iran, Labourstart, fa
Eric Kurland has a dozen words of advice for the teachers, students and parents of Kentucky:"This too shall pass. Hang on. Do the right thing for kids."Kurland, president of the Scottsdale Teachers Association, doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about the Bluegrass State. But news from there last week hit close to home......Belatedly, Scottsdale's impression of Erwin reached the Kentucky board. Kurland told the Louisville newspaper: "She was like a cancer. She took the life out of our district."Now she'll be in charge of education for all of Kentucky, a big jump from her current suburban Chicago district, which has half as many schools and students as Scottsdale."Nothing surprises me anymore," Kurland told me. "She must have improved greatly. She's an impressive woman to pull it off."By the end of her four years in Scottsdale, Erwin was not a popular woman. In a Scottsdale Republic online poll after she resigned, 12 percent said she had made the district better, while 70 percent
Another example of violations against trade unionists around the world:
Cambodia: Another Trade Union Leader MurderedThe ITUC has called today on the Cambodian authorities to open a proper investigation into the murder of Hy Vuthy, 36, a leader of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia (FTUWKC) who was shot to death on February 24. This latest murder follows a series of attacks on trade unionists in the country, which has a reputation for severe violations of trade union rights.
The FTUWKC received information that Hy Vuthy was killed shortly after successfully negotiating with a company for a one-day holiday on the occasion of the Khmer New Year.
According to reports, he was shot three times by two unidentified assailants on a motorbike as he drove home on Saturday morning.Read more in the homepage of ITUC-CSI
Andra bloggar om: Cambodja, mänskliga rättigheter, frihet, fackligt, fackförbund
Another example of violations against trade unionists around the world:
Cambodia: Another Trade Union Leader MurderedThe ITUC has called today on the Cambodian authorities to open a proper investigation into the murder of Hy Vuthy, 36, a leader of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia (FTUWKC) who was shot to death on February 24. This latest murder follows a series of attacks on trade unionists in the country, which has a reputation for severe violations of trade union rights.
The FTUWKC received information that Hy Vuthy was killed shortly after successfully negotiating with a company for a one-day holiday on the occasion of the Khmer New Year.
According to reports, he was shot three times by two unidentified assailants on a motorbike as he drove home on Saturday morning.Read more in the homepage of ITUC-CSI
Andra bloggar om: Cambodja, mänskliga rättigheter, frihet, fackligt, fackförbund
Another example of violations against trade unionists around the world:
Cambodia: Another Trade Union Leader MurderedThe ITUC has called today on the Cambodian authorities to open a proper investigation into the murder of Hy Vuthy, 36, a leader of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia (FTUWKC) who was shot to death on February 24. This latest murder follows a series of attacks on trade unionists in the country, which has a reputation for severe violations of trade union rights.
The FTUWKC received information that Hy Vuthy was killed shortly after successfully negotiating with a company for a one-day holiday on the occasion of the Khmer New Year.
According to reports, he was shot three times by two unidentified assailants on a motorbike as he drove home on Saturday morning.Read more in the homepage of ITUC-CSI
Andra bloggar om: Cambodja, mänskliga rättigheter, frihet, fackligt, fackförbund
