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- Topic 204 TELEX NEWS AND SPOTLIGHT
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- From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
- Subject: TELEX NEWS AND SPOTLIGHT
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- Subject: TELEX NEWS AND SPOTLIGHT
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- Date: 03-09-92, 14:04:44
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- TELEX NEWS
- No. 28, September 3, 1992
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- Peru: The assassination of union leader Pedro Orellana has been
- condemned by the the ICFTU and its Regional Organisation for the
- Americas, ORIT. Mr Orellana, a leader of the Peruvian national
- centre, the CGTP, died after he was shot by masked gunmen on August
- 27. A colleague was seriously injured in the attack. The union
- internationals have also condemned the attempted abduction, on August
- 27, of Juan Luna, general secretary of the ICFTU-affiliated CTP. The
- assailants used a gun to try and force Mr Juan Luna into an unmarked
- car, but he managed to escape.
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- El Salvador: The man who murdered union leader Salvador Ivan Ramirez
- at the end of July (see Telex News 24) has been identified, according
- to a report carried by the newspaper La Prensa on August 21.
- According to the paper, the investigation into the murder has heard
- witness reports identifying David Armando Flores as the suspected
- murderer.
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- South Africa: Union fears that their leaders are being targetted by
- hit squads in some areas of Natal were raised by the murder on August
- 27 of Sam Nyawo, a local Cosatu representative. On the same day, the
- house of another Cosatu regional chairperson, Bheki Ntuli came under
- fire. According to the National Union of Metalworkers' of South
- Africa (NUMSA), 18 Numsa members in one town have been murdered over
- the past year.
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- Ghana: Addressing delegates at the Congress of the Ghana Trades Union
- Congress (GTUC) on August 27-29, ICFTU representative Andrew Kailembo
- underlined that "the particularly difficult time facing African
- workers made the prominent role of the Ghana TUC in the struggle for
- genuine democracy and social justice more vital than ever". The
- congress elected C.A. Agyei as secretary general and adopted a
- statement calling for the unconditional release of Chakufwa Chihana,
- the detained Malawian union leader.
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- Germany: Germany's Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, top leaders of the
- country's traditional parties, and senior representatives of trade
- unions and economic and social institutions attended the celebrations
- organised on September 2 in Bonn by the German trade union federation
- (DGB) to mark the 60th birthday of DGB President Heinz-Werner Meyer.
- ICFTU General Secretary Enzo Friso was also among the DGB guests and
- had a brief meeting with Mr Meyer to discuss issues of common concern
- to both the DGB and the ICFTU.
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- Ukraine: Five independent unions in Ukraine, organised outside the
- ex-official structures, came out on strike on September 2 in protest
- at the government's failure to sign collective bargaining agreements.
- Airports, mines and railways were reported to be at a standstill on
- the first day of the strike. The unions, under the umbrella of the
- Ukrainian consultative council which they set up earlier this year,
- have been in negotiation with management on collective bargaining for
- the last six weeks, but claim that all their demands have been
- ignored. Prior to the strike, union leaders observed a hunger strike
- for nearly two weeks.
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- Ecuador: Economic measures recently announced by Ecuador's government
- are likely to make matters worse, acccording to the ICFTU-affiliated
- national centre, the CEOSL. The union is reported to have called on
- the government to set up a tripartite commission to examine the issue
- of privatisation, a major component of the government's package.
- According to CEOSL president Jose Chavez, "there will not be peace in
- the country if the government adopts measures against the workers".
-