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Trade Unions

Musician Sahira Saad performs for the Women's Action Network in 2005Trade unionists are at the forefront of the struggle for human rights. Many have lost their lives or risked their liberty in their attempts to claim basic human rights. These include freedom of association, the right to organise and engage in collective bargaining and freedom of speech.

Trade unionists are ordinary men and women. They have deeply held convictions, political beliefs and commitment to trade union ideals. These can make them prime targets of government repression. They have to deal with their organisations being banned, harassment, political killings and 'disappearances', arbitrary detention, torture, exile and murder.

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Photo Workers in Turkey protest against lay-offs and loss of labour rights © AP

Demand rights for Turkish workers
Workers in Turkey are denied fundamental rights. Despite constitutional changes, there continues to be limitations to the right to strike. In the private sector the right to organise and form trade unions falls short of international standards. Sign the petition

 

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Warning on Fiji government plan to severely restrict workers' rights

Amnesty International has called on the government of Fiji to repeal a decree that would drastically restrict workers' rights and to immediately cease the harassment of union leaders. Government measures published on 29 July would, if enacted, violate international labour law and Fiji's human rights obligations.