Solidarity Activities Of British Trade Union Partners Include:
training young members in Ecuador
funding organisers and their transport in Costa Rica
building a trade union training centre in Costa Rica
lobbying British and Latin American companies and governments to respect core labour standards
funding of a legal appeal on behalf of Washington Orellano, leader of the drive to organise port workers in Ecuador
financing a small business for a banana worker injured in violent attacks on trade union members in Ecuador in 2002
Two key methods of building solidarity and raising awareness about the situation facing trade unionists in the Latin American banana industry is to facilitate delegation visits to producer countries and speaker tours for Latin American union activists to Britain. Visit the delegation visits section to find out more about recent trips to Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Please contact info@bananalink.org.uk if you would like to find out more about participating in a delegation visit or hosting a visitor from Latin America at your union event.
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