Guatemale. Il Syndicalist Pedro Antonio García Condannato a Morte.
THE ANARCHIST INTERNATIONAL
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The AI, IWW and ACLA condemn the murder of syndicalist Pedro Antonio García in Guatemala
AI, IWW and ACLA strongly condemn the murder of Pedro Antonio García, a member of the Malacatán Municipal Workers Union, which is affiliated to the Confederation of Syndicalist Unity of Guatemala (CUSG) [Confederacion de Unidad Sindical De Guatemala]. We also denounce the grave violations of workers' labor and syndicalist organization's rights, particularly in the municipal sector.
The murder took place as Pedro Antonio García was on his way home in Malacatán. For the past year, municipal workers have suffered serious breaches of syndicalist organization's freedom and labor rights. These abuses were committed by the State of Guatemala, in its capacity as their employer. The syndicalist organized employees of the municipality of Malacatán, with spokesperson Pedro Antonio García, organized actions on 5 and 6 January 2010 to demand the payment of salaries owed to them from 2009, compliance with the collective agreement and payment of other benefits.
In this resolution, sent as e-mail to the Guatemalan authorities, anarchists and syndicalists, newsmedia, etc. world wide and also published at the IWW website - AI, IWW and ACLA call on President Álvaro Colom to take urgent measures to find and punish the perpetrators of the crime and do his utmost to ensure that human, labor and syndicalist organization's rights are respected in his country. The government must also make all state aid to the municipal administrations subject to full observance of the ILO's fundamental conventions, which were ratified by Guatemala. 03.02.2010.
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International Workers of the World (IWW) - http://www.anarchy.no/iwwai.html
The Anarchist Confederation of Latin America (ACLA) - http://www.anarchy.no/latina.html
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