Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Worldwide Survey: Repression of union rights and economic freedoms across the globe

Covering the year 2010, the Annual Survey reveals:
- 90 murders of trade union activists (49 in Colombia alone)
- another 75 recorded death threats and at least 2,500 arrests
- at least 5,000 sackings of unionists because of union activities.


http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/worldwide-survey/