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Malaysian forestry workers fight union busting - and need our help

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Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 12:00
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Malaysian forestry workers fight union busting - and need our help r1 ... I sent you this message last Thursday, but I'm not sure you saw it. While over 6,000 of us have already responded to this call for help, we need many more supporters to pressure this company to do the right thing. It will only take you a minute to send off your message. Thanks very much!

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The right join a trade union of your own choosing is a basic human right.

It is enshrined in international law, in the eight core conventions adopted by the International Labour Organization.

The World Bank recognizes this, and through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), provides financial support to private sector companies which have agreed to recognize this right. The loans and support those companies receive is dependent upon their acceptance of workers' rights, including the right of workers to choose their own unions.

So why is the IFC financially supporting a company like SFI in Malaysia, which refuses to allow workers to join the union they want?

SFI is defying an order of the Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources and is in clear breach of the ILO conventions with its refusal to recognise the Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU).

Instead, the company is insisting it will only recognize an in-house union it controls.

In India, the same company does recognize unions. But not in Malaysia.

We've been asked by the local union through its global union federation, Building and Wood Workers' International, to mobilize thousands of union members around the world to send messages of protest to the company.

Please take a moment to send your message today:

http://www.labourstart.org/go/sfi

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

Together, we can persuade SFI to do the right thing, and support our brothers and sisters in the forests of Malaysia.

Thank you!



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