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Paramaribo. Is with deep consternation that yesterday morning UNI americas received the sad news that our brother Henk Shiields of Communications Workers Organisation Suriname, CWOS, passed away. Henk had been very ill, and had to be hospitalised for over the last six months. Henk had been the General Secretary of his Union for many years.



Bro. Henk had served with consistent dedication for many years on the UNI Americas Regional Executive and Regional Telecom Committee, representing the Caribbean and his country Suriname. Despite his reasonably small physical stature, Henk was always strong and forthright in his support of UNI and Caribbean Labour and also held office in the Caribbean Congress of Labour and the Surinamese Union Federation.



Henk will be remembered by many as a kind, friendly and caring individual and a good listener and was quite diplomatic.



Our thoughts go paticularly to his family, CWOS officers and friends of Bro. Henk.



If you wish to do so, you can address your condolences to Henk's family to Sister Joanne De Freitas, UNI Caribbean Support: joanne.defreitas@uniglobalunion.org as well as to Bro. Wilfried Meyer, who is the UNI Caribbean contact for CWOS at this point: wilfried_meyer2003@yahoo.com