Violence against health trade unionists in Guatemala

Public Services International (PSI) is calling on affiliated unions to protest at a recent escalation of violent attacks on members of the SNTSG health union in Guatemala. A PSI report gives the background to recent violence which follows on the cases of 58 trade unionists murdered in recent years, in particular the murders in March 2013 of Carlos Hernandez and Santa Alvarado of SNTSG (National Health Workers’ Union of Guatemala) and Kyra Zulueta Enríquez Mena (Union of the Municipality of Nueva Concepción).
    Embassy of Guatemala in London can be contacted at 13 Fawcett Street London SW10 9HN Email: Embgranbretana@minex.gob.gt
http://www.world-psi.org/en/new-attacks-and-death-threats-against-union-members-Guatemala

Guatemala: The worst place in the world to be a trade unionist

Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has promised a Public Services International (PSI) delegation of international trade unionists that he will speak out about the need to respect and protect the lives of union members in the country. Guatemala is considered to be the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist.