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Source: AFL-CIO
Source: AFL-CIO
Victor Crespo, head of the Trade Union of Dockworkers, or STGM by its Spanish acronym, is currently under the protection of the ITF. Armed attackers stormed his house last week in an attempt to murder him for representing dockworkers in negotiations with ICTSI. Brother Crespo’s neighbors were able to fend off the attackers, who promised to return and ‘finish the job.’[Note: The following is an action alert in Spanish, asking people to support the ITF's call for security for Victor Crespo and the right of Honduran dockworkers at ICTSI to collectively bargain.]
Asaltantes armados han tratado de irrumpir por fuerza a la casa de un líder sindical en Honduras. Víctor Crespo, el secretario general del Sindicato Gremial de Trabajadores del Muelle (SGTM), ha recibido una serie de anóni, mas amenazas de muerte desde que su sindicato solicitó un Contrato Colectivo de Trabajo con los nuevos operarios de Puerto Cortés, ICTSI (International Container Terminal Services, Inc.).
Después del ataque, la Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF) lo ha trasladado para asegurar la seguridad de Crespo. Ahora está en un lugar seguro y la policía hondureña, el...
From the Handy Shipping Guide:
Neighbours Cause Perpetrators to Flee as Victim Moved to Secure Location
HONDURAS – A most disturbing report has reached us of an attack made on a dockers trade union boss last week when several armed assailants tried to batter their way into the man’s home in a murderous attack, evidently with the intention of killing him. The incident apparently follows several anonymous death threats telling Victor Crespo to stop seeking a collective contract at the town’s port, which ICTSI (International Container Terminal Services Inc) won a concession to operate in February.
Writing to the head of ICTSI, the ITF said:
“Death threats to a trade unionist on account of their promotion and defence of workers’ rights will not be tolerated by either our organisation or the millions of workers we represent. We have been in touch with the Honduran government over this matter and, as with any case of this gravity, we would be forced to take all possible global action should there be any suggestion of employer involvement in an intimidation campaign of this kind.
ITF Americas regional secretary Antonio Fritz commented:
“This was a...
A Bunge plant in Emporia, Kansas will resume soybean processing operations this week.
In April, the plant announced the suspension of crush operations because soybean supplies were short due to drought. The plant temporarily laid off about a third — or about 21 of 60 — of its employees by May 1.
A turn of events came in force, however, with heavy rains in late July and early August.
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