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Conclusions of the Evaluation Seminar on Human Rights
Published: 4 April 2011
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Bogota. During the two-day debate, 42 delegates from 15 Colombian and Guatemalan union organisations evaluated union actions aimed at the defence of their union and labour rights. It was emphasized that in spite of the daily difficulties, advances have been achieved in relation to the project, like the training of union leaders, the creation of a support network and the development of awareness among workers; work has been started in relation to multinationals’ commitment with human and union rights, and an important achievement to point out is that unions have understood that they are not alone and that they count with a network of international support. For her part, Miriam Berlak, FNV Holland consultant, assured that one of FNV’s commitments is the defence of human, labour an union rights, especially in countries like Colombia and Guatemala, where the level of human rights violations, crimes and murders is so high: “to FNV this project is a priority, we have taken a very important step during these three years, we have built competencies and alliances in our organisations, we know how to make sure our rights are respected, we are preparing to win this battle for the recognition of international legitimate labour and union rights expressed in Occupational Security and Health, Collective Bargaining, Freedom of Association, Gender Equality, we are not going to rest until the murder of union leaders and the violation of human rights is stopped” Contact: marvin.largaespada@uniglobalunion.org 266/Translated by UNI americas |
