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Delegates from Venezuela, Brazil, Costa Rica and Colombia attended the network meeting for Kimberly Clark in Uruguay held at the UNI America' s office in Montevideo.



One of the main purposes of the meeting was to prepare for the annual global dialogue with Kimberly Clark management at the end of August. The participants discussed the existing agreement and the goals that were adopted at last year's meeting and identified some of the issues that should be included on the agenda for further discussions.



In addition to those discussions each country gave a report on the challenges that are being faced by workers in those countries and how difficult it is for workers to achieve workplace rights and trade union rights.



Marvin Largaespada from UNI America's also provided an overview of the recent agreement that UNI signed with Carrefour on organizing rights in Colombia and how a union has been formed in Carrefour, Colombia.



The meeting concluded with the affiliates committing themselves to strengthening the network throughout the countries where Kimberly Clark is operating, an action plan was also developed on organizing. Communications and how to share information throughout the network was also discussed.



Contact: Steve.walsh@uniglobalunion.org or Marvin.largaespada@uniglobalunion.org