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New leadership for UNI-Americas Women
Published: 12 May 2008
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 Joyce Robinson
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 Joyce and Leonor Sierra |
| The 3rd UNI-Americas Women's Conference held in Panama at the end of April, elected its new Committee and leadership for the next four years. The new president is Joyce Robinson from the American Postal Workers, the Vice-presidents are Leonor Sierra, ANEBRE, Colombia and Gladys Zamponi, FAECYS, Argentina. Before, participants in the Conference whose motto was "Union Women of the Americas Reaffirming our Commitments", discussed the themes of 'The union struggle for a fair distribution of goods and wealth', 'Every woman has a right to live free from violence' and 'Equal participation of women in trade unions and strategies for recruiting and organising more women'. In addition to the conclusions/action points, the conference also adopted Solidarity statements with the workers and the trade union movement of Colombia, Costa Rica and Brazil. |
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