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For Esmail and Said, and for us, the struggle continues

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Published on Thursday, 25 February 2016 05:30
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For Esmail and Said, and for us, the struggle continues r1 ... The fight for workers' rights seems to be a never-ending struggle. So it's with a sense of deja vu that we have two campaigns to announce today which may sound very familiar.

Esmail Abdi is a leading teacher trade unionist in Iran. Last year, at the request of the Education International (EI), we ran an online campaign which thousands of you supported, after he was arrested en route to attend an EI congress. This week, he was sentenced to six years in prison for his work as a trade unionist. He has committed no crime. Help us get Abdi released; please sign up to this campaign:

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

Another union activist, Said Elhairech in Morocco, was the subject of highly successful LabourStart campaign we launched at the request of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). Then in prison, our campaign helped to get him released. But now the ITF has come to us for help again, because Said has been dismissed from his job by the local port operator. His efforts to promote and advance trade union rights have been branded "a nuisance" and workers have been falsely told he doesn't represent them anymore. Meanwhile other trade union colleagues face victimisation, intimidation and threats of dismissal at the hands of their employer. Please help us demand that Said be given his job back and workers' rights be respected:

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

A big thanks to the more than 10,000 of you who very quickly turned our campaign demanding justice for murdered Italian researcher Giulio Regeni into one of our largest. But we need many more people to sign up, so please share this link widely:

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

We have news about a number of recent LabourStart campaigns which have closed, some of it very good news indeed.
  • A week ago, EI announced that Omar Ali Ewado, the jailed teacher trade union leader from Djibouti, was released from prison. Full details are here.
  • Meanwhile, an Israeli court has ruled in favour of the Palestinian trade unionist Hatem Abu Ziadeh, whose sacking prompted a LabourStart campaign that got 8,500 messages sent. For the report from WAC-MAAN on this important victory, click here.
  • Finally, an update on the situation of Libyan woman trade unionist Nermin Al-Sharif from the ITF: In December Nermin came to an ITF meeting in the Arab world. She said that the LabourStart campaign and every message of support she received made her feel stronger and helped her recovery. She is now back working for the Dockers and Seafarers Union in Libya, she has successfully organised road transport workers, and is leading a campaign to help Libyan refugees who have left the country. She knows the threat to her life remains, but with your backing she is determined to continue her important work.

Thanks for all your support.



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