Solidarity Center Report: Peru Unionists Push to Improve Labor Laws
Friday, June 7, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Textile unions in Peru are gaining broad international support for repeal of a
law that limits garment worker rights. The 1978 law subjects workers to
temporary contracts without the right to collectively bargain, strike or join a
union. Meanwhile, an International Labor Organization (ILO) report released this
weeks says 30 million jobs are needed globally just to get back to the
pre-recession norm. Read more at the Solidarity Center.