COLOMBIAN TRADE UNION LEADER JAIME DUQUE OF SUTIMAC FREED BY HIS ABDUCTORS AFTER WORLDWIDE PROTESTS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
The World Federation of Trade Unions [WFTU] is glad to announce that Comrade JAIME DUQUE, President of the United Trade Union of Workers of Construction Materials [SUTIMAC] of Colombia, who was abducted by paramilitary forces (see WFTU press release No. 10) on 24 March 2001, has been freed by his captors, following international protests and worldwide solidarity actions. His release has been confirmed by the National Leadership of SUTIMAC. The WFTU is thankful to all national, regional and international organisations for the solidarity they have expressed. After his release, Comrade Jaime Duque expressed ...Foundation of the European Regional Bureau of the WFTU
Foundation of the European Regional Bureau
of the World Federation of Trade Union.
The European Trade Unions’ Meeting under the presence of the General Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) Alexander Zharikov, was held in Athens on Saturday 7th April, 2001, with main topic the establishment of a European Regional Bureau.
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WFTU STRONGLY CONDEMNS KIDNAPPING OF COMRADE JAIME DUQUE PRESIDENT OF SUTIMAC AND CUT LEADER ON 24 MARCH BY PARAMILITARY FORCES IN ANTIOCHE AND CALLS UPON COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE URGENT MEASURES TO SECURE HIS RELEASE AND SAVE HIS LIFE
The World Federation of Trade Unions [WFTU] draws the urgent attention of the international community to the increasing assassinations and kidnappings of trade union leaders in Columbia. On March 24, at 5.30 p.m, a group of heavily armed paramilitary forces violently attacked a workers’ meeting and after hitting them, they kidnapped comrade Jaime Duque, President of the Building and Building Materials Workers Union [SUTIMAC], leader of the CUT in Antioche and a worker of the Cairo cement factory. Comrade Jaime Duque is well-known in his region as an honest and hard-working trade unionist, always identified as a ...WFTU APPEALS FOR URGENT MATERIAL SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS AND PEOPLE OF SALVADOR TO OVERCOME CONSEQUENCES OF EARTHQUAKE DISASTER WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND HUGE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
Since January this year, the working class and people of Salvador are suffering the terrible consequences of unprecedented natural disasters – the continuous earthquakes, loss of thousands of lives, innumerable persons listed as missing and huge material destruction. There are more than one million damaged buildings. Over 300,000 houses and schools have been totally destroyed. One and a half million of them suffered 60 per cent damage. The victims are poor people, children, women and old persons. The WFTU expresses its solidarity and conveys its sincere condolences to all the families affected by this disaster. ...Latest News
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