Meatpacking sector, champion in work-related accidents, defends end of breaks
“Rel UITA arrives in the country at a historic moment”
Carlos H. Reyes, historic union leader and former president of our member organization, the Union of Beverage and Related Industry Workers(Stibys), spoke with La Rel about the role that the IUF and its Latin American Regional Office have played throughout the twelve years of resistance and struggle of the Honduran people following the civilian-military coup in 2009.
Twelve long years of solidarity
On June 28, 2009, with the decisive support of the armed forces and under the feigned outrage of the United States, the de facto powers of Honduras staged a coup d’état that toppled the country’s democratic institutions and ushered in twelve years of pillaging, terror, and relentless violation of rights.
The pit
As expected, the pandemic exacerbated inequalities between countries and between individuals. In a new and detailed report, Oxfam shows just how vast the gap is.
Fyffes false promises
The multinational fruit company continues to violate worker’s rights
Manifest against the NR 36 review
Over 80 technicians, researchers, professors and doctorates in the worker’s health area sign a manifest in favor of NR 36.
World champions in greenwashing
The term greenwashing refers to the marketing tactics deployed by companies to appear environmentally friendly to the public. The world’s largest multinational corporations have become experts in the use of such strategies to clean up their images. And the most proficient at it are those that contaminate the most.
Brazil, a toxic agrochemical paradise
The news was featured on the “crime” pages in the press of both countries: On Tuesday, September 28, over 630 kilograms of toxic agrochemicals were seized in Brazil, after being smuggled into the country from neighboring Uruguay. Brazil has long been the South American emporium of toxic agrochemicals, both legal and illegal. The government of Jair Bolsonaro has now turned the country into a paradise for such substances.
Dole’s scheming moves to undermine the union
Agroindustrial Piñas del Bosque S.A. – Finca Muelle, a Costa Rica-based subsidiary of the Standard Fruit Company Dole, has been implementing a systematic anti-union policy, employing several tricks and bringing in outside actors complicit in such practices. Escuela Social Juan XXIII is one of those actors.
Pieced together little by little
Latin America | UNIONS | LGBTI Fist meeting of the IUF’s Latin American LGBTI Committee In Gisele Adão’s words Pieced …