Letters of protest

The presidents of the Swedish trade union movement, Susanna Gideonsson, Therese Svanström and Göran Arrius, sent a letter of protest to Ambassador of Belarus Dmitry Mironchik.

The presidents of the Swedish trade union movement, Susanna Gideonsson, Therese Svanström and Göran Arrius, sent a letter of protest to Ambassador of Belarus Dmitry Mironchik.

LO calls on Belarusian authorities to stop violence against peaceful demonstrators. LO supports the demands of the people of Belarus, Belarusian independent trade unions and civil society.

LO calls on Belarusian authorities to stop violence against peaceful demonstrators. LO supports the demands of the people of Belarus, Belarusian independent trade unions and civil society.

We condemn your administration’s continuous trample on workers’ right to freedom of assembly in Hong Kong, including the arrest and prosecution of Lee Cheuk Yan, the General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions.

We condemn your administration’s continuous trample on workers’ right to freedom of assembly in Hong Kong, including the arrest and prosecution of Lee Cheuk Yan, the General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions.

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union have over the recent years followed closely the Iranian workers’ struggle for the creation of free and independent trade union organisations and their protests against unpaid wages and against the infringement of fundamental trade union and human rights in Iran.

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union have over the recent years followed closely the Iranian workers’ struggle for the creation of free and independent trade union organisations and their protests against unpaid wages and against the infringement of fundamental trade union and human rights in Iran.

2014-05-26 Painter and trade unionist Sharokh Zamani, imprisoned and harassed by the Iranian regime, who started a hunger strike in March and whom LO and member unions have supported through a petition on the LO website, has ended his hunger strike.

2014-05-26 Painter and trade unionist Sharokh Zamani, imprisoned and harassed by the Iranian regime, who started a hunger strike in March and whom LO and member unions have supported through a petition on the LO website, has ended his hunger strike.

A jailed union active member, painter Shahrokh Zamani, a member of the Founding Board of the Syndicate of Painters of Tehran and the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers Organizations, has been on hunger strike since 8 March.

A jailed union active member, painter Shahrokh Zamani, a member of the Founding Board of the Syndicate of Painters of Tehran and the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers Organizations, has been on hunger strike since 8 March.

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) has sent the attached letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. R T Erdogan, protesting against the violence against the peaceful demonstrations in the country.

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) has sent the attached letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. R T Erdogan, protesting against the violence against the peaceful demonstrations in the country.