ICFTU
Annual Survey
of violations of trade union rights
2006
Audio and Video
International
Video clip
(ILO-ACTRAV / ICFTU)
A pictorial overview of trade union rights violations worldwide, with Guy Ryder (General Secretary of the ICFTU) and Juan Somavia (Director General of the ILO).
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Cambodia
Audio interview with Chea Mony
(Cambodia - FTUWKC)
(Audio in Khmer)
From a trade union viewpoint, what were the main events and trends in 2005?
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China
Audio interview with Han Dong Fang
(Hong Kong - CLB)
From a trade union viewpoint, what were the main events and trends in 2005?
Bearing in mind the ACFTU's monopoly in the union movement, how much scope do Chinese workers have for exercising freedom of association?
Colombia
Audio interview with Carlos Rodríguez Diaz
(Colombia - CUT)
(Audio in Spanish)
From a trade union viewpoint, what were the main events and trends in 2005?
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Djibouti
Audio interview with Jean-Paul Noël Abdi
(Djibouti - LDDH)
(Audio in French)
From a trade union viewpoint, what were the main events in 2005?
What forms of pressure do the authorities use to discourage trade union action?
After the conflict with the port authorities in 2005, 36 workers were fired and are unemployed. Is there any prospect of their reinstatement?
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El Salvador
Audio interview with Victor Alguilar
(El Salvador - LDDH)
(Audio in Spanish)
From a trade union viewpoint, what were the main events in 2005?
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Guatemala
Video
Two killed in anti-CAFTA demonstration in Colotenango
Haiti
Video interview with Georges Macès
(Haiti - SOKOWA)
In this video, Georges launches an appeal to all those who buy big brand jeans (3 minutes)
Korea, Republic of
Video
Trade unionist killed by a truck on picket line
Perou
Video interview with Paulina Paucar Peña
(Peru–FEDEVAL/CUT)
In this video interview, Paulina Paucar Peña, who sells clothes at a market in Lima, tells us how the trade union organising campaign has helped the women working at the Caqueta market to get training in how to earn their living better, avoid expulsion and live in dignity. (4 minutes)
Zimbabwe
Video interview with Wellington Chibebe
Zimbabwe - ZCTU
“They were out to destroy the labour movement”