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  Condemn the killing of labor leader Dandy Miguel! Hands off our unions! Stop the attacks!

  Miguel filed a case at the Commission on Human Rights last March 15. Despite threats to his life and security, Miguel was at the forefront of the struggle to defend the rights and welfare of the people.

  Labor leader Dandy Miguel was shot dead in Laguna province last Sunday night 28 March. According to initial reports, he was shot eight times while on his way home from work. Miguel’s killing came three weeks after nine activists were killed in simultaneous dawn operations called Bloody Sunday in the Southern Tagalog region south of Manila, where Laguna is located. 

   

  Miguel is a member of the KMU National Council, Vice Chairperson of regional chapter PAMANTIK-KMU and President of local union Lakas ng Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Fuji Electric – OLALIA-

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  Breaking News Brazil: ITUC welcomes overturning of Lula convictions

  This decision is a boost for democracy in Brazil, in the region and the world.

  Story courtesy: ITUC

   

  A Supreme Court judge annulled the convictions on 8 March.

   

  Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said: “The judicial persecution of Lula, led by discredited judge Sergio Moro, has come to an end. Lula’s only ‘crime’ was to stand up for the marginalised and the oppressed – something that the conservative forces who wield so much power in Brazil could not accept.

   

  “This decision is a boost for democracy in Brazil, in the region and the world. It removes a heavy stain on politics

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