Case No 2609 (Guatemala) - Complaint date: 24-OCT-07

General Confederation of Agricultural and Urban Workers (CTC), General Confederation of Workers of Guatemala (CGTG), Unified Trade Union Confederation of Guatemala (CUSG), National Coordinating Body of Farmworkers’ Organizations (CNOC), National Trade Union and People’s Coordinating Body (CNSP), National Trade Union Federation of Public Employees of Guatemala (FENASTEG), Trade Union Federation of Bank and Service Industry Employees (FESEBS), Trade Union Federation of Food and Allied Industry Workers (FESTRAS), Trade Union Federation of Farmworkers (FESOC), National Front for the Defence of Public Services and Natural Resources (FNL), Izabal Banana Workers’ Union (SITRABI), Western Distribution Workers’ Union SA (SITRADEOCSA), Eastern Electricity Distribution Workers’ Union SA (SITRADEORSA), Eastern Petenero Distribution Workers’ Union (SITRAPDEORSA),Trade Union of Workers of Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA) supported by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Allegations

The complainant organizations allege the murder of a trade union leader on the premises of an enterprise in the banana industry; the entry of armed soldiers into SITRABI trade union headquarters and the interrogation of workers; the persecution and harassment of the SITRABI General Secretary; harassment and intimidation of workers, threats to their physical safety and dismissal of workers following the establishment of the Southern Banana Workers’ Union (SITRABANSUR); disappearance of a SITRABANSUR official; dismissal of officials of the Trade Union of Judiciary Workers

Case No 2609 (Guatemala) - Complaint date: 24-OCT-07

Allegations

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