Drop charges against trade union leaders - stop repression now

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Published on Tuesday, 12 February 2019 04:42
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Drop charges against trade union leaders - stop repression now r1 ... I sent you this message about 11 days ago, but I'm not sure you saw it. 5,568 of us have already sent protest messages but we need many more if we are going to stop these attacks on trade unionists in Guatemala. If you have already supported this campaign, thanks very much - and please spread the word.

In recent months, the Morales government in Guatemala has systematically increased the persecution of community leaders, activists, journalists and trade unionists.

Most recently, Luis Alpirez Guzmán, General Secretary of the National Union of Health Workers of Guatemala (SNTSG), and Dora Regina Ruano, from the same organization, were detained for nearly ten days for negotiating and signing a collective agreement between the union and the Ministry of Health authorities back in 2013.

The current government has accused them of ‘abuse of power’ because the ministry of health didn’t have enough money to pay for their obligations under the new collective agreement. Despite being released from prison, both union leaders remain under house arrest.

SNTSG and Public Services International have launched an urgent campaign to demand that the Guatemalan government immediately drop all charges against Dora Regina Ruano and Luis Alpirez Guzmán and end repression against all community leaders, activists, journalists and trade unionists.

Please support the campaign by clicking here.

And please share this message with your friends, family and fellow union members.

Thank you!



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