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Solidaridad con Guatemala

La violación de la libertad sindical en Guatemala es endémica. En los últimos años más de 80 líderes sindicales han sido asesinados.

El sistema de control de normas de la OIT viene examinando la situación de la libertad sindical en el país desde hace muchos años, pero el progreso alcanzado es limitado. A raíz de ello, delegados trabajadores presentaron una Queja durante la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo de 2012. El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos de América llegó a conclusiones similares bajo el mecanismo de revisión de la cláusula laboral del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre los Estados Unidos, América Central y República Dominicana (CAFTA-DR). Distintos gobiernos de Guatemala han prometido hacer frente al problema y remediarlo, siendo la Hoja de Ruta de 2013 la última de estas iniciativas.

Misiones de la ISP han visitado Guatemala en 2013, 2014, 2016 y 2017, al mismo tiempo que el Grupo Coordinador de la ISP fue creado en el país. El Grupo ha estado haciendo campaña para fortalecer el movimiento sindical y liderando los esfuerzos para lograr avances significativos en materia de libertad sindical.

Drab på faglige ledere er hverdag i Guatemala

27 May 2014

Af Lene Frøslev og Unna Küssner, Ulandssekretariatet LO/FTF Council - 19. maj 2014

Victory for the SNTSG and Guatemala’s President commits to C151

31 March 2014
Press Conference

PSI organised its annual regional conference, IAMREC, in Guatemala City from 24 to 28 March and followed up on its first international mission in August 2013, meeting with the President General Otto Perez Molina, the Minister of Health, the Deputy Minister of Labour, Ministry of Interior, the General Procurator for human rights, the EU Ambassador, US solidarity center and the UN High Commissioner’s Office for Human rights.

Speech by PSI leader to Guatemalan President

31 March 2014
Rosa Pavanelli in the Press Conference

Speech by Rosa Pavanelli, PSI General Secretary, to Otto Pérez Molina, President of Guatemala on 27 March 2014

Speech: PSI leader addresses FNL Congress in Guatemala

31 March 2014
Rosa Pavanelli - FNL Congress

PSI leader Rosa Pavanelli made a keynote address to the Congress of the Frente Nacional de Lucha (FNL) the rapidly growing people's movement in Guatemala that includes many PSI affiliate union members. Some 11,000 people attended this historic event on the last weekend of March 2014.

PSI mission to Guatemala

26 March 2014

A PSI international delegation has returned to Guatemala in March 2014 to follow-up on the trade union rights and solidarity mission made in August 2013.

No free trade without trade union rights

16 December 2013
No free trade without trade union rights

Members of the European Parliament recently heard a special presentation from PSI and leaders of the National Health Workers’ Union of Guatemala, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Salud de Guatemala (SNTSG), on why special free trade provisions should be suspended with Guatemala until the deadly campaign against trade unionists is ended in that country.

Event: Trade union rights in Guatemala

26 November 2013

Please join us to meet Luis Lara and Dora Regina, the leaders of PSI affiliate SNTSG (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Salud) and leaders of the Frente Nacional de Lucha : They have come to Brussels to meet the EU Parliament and European trade unionists. Dora and Luis will give a short talk, followed by a reception.

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