A Moral Outrage

Colleagues,

The latest e-mail from Labourstart's Eric Lee is headed A Moral Outrage and his anger is not misplaced.

For Eric is commenting on the increase (yes, sadly an increase) in the number of trade unionists murdered last year and whose deaths are identified in the ITUC's latest Annual Survey of the Violation of Trade Union Rights:

http://www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-annual-survey.html

The ITUC has been able to gather evidence that indicates a 30% increase in the rate of murders.

Please go to the link for the 2010 Annual Survey to download a copy and also view the shocking video (available via YouTube) that accompanies it.

Please do what you can across your own trade union and labour networks to help share details of the Survey and to ensure that this issue receives the attention it deserves.

I'd welcome any comments on the report once you have had a look and suggestions for methods of being able to raise the Survey during workplace and branch discussions.

Cheers

Ian