Case No 2320 (Chile) - Complaint date: 30-NOV-03

The National Inter-enterprise Trade Union of Metallurgy, Communications, Energy and Allied Workers (SME) and the World Federation of Trade Unions, Regional Office, Americas (WFTU-ROA)

Allegations

Anti-union practices in the PLASTYVERG conglomerate, including dismissals of trade union delegates and members, pressure on members to withdraw from trade union membership, interference by several enterprises to sideline the trade union and negotiate with workers’ delegates appointed by the employer; violent repression of a national strike on 13 August 2003 despite its peaceful nature; detention of trade unionists and threats of intimidation against workers who participated in the strike, use of armoured cars, water cannons and tear gas – including against CUT headquarters – ill-treatment, closure of streets to which access was authorized for the demonstration, assault on the general secretary of the CUT, use of rubber bullets, injuries to workers’ physical integrity, torture of a detainee, the drawing up of lists of strike participants in different institutions and dismissal of a teachers’ union leader and her sister; and violations of trade union rights by the CODELCO state enterprise and the HERPA S.A., Viñas Tarapacá y Santa Helena enterprise

Case No 2320 (Chile) - Complaint date: 30-NOV-03

The National Inter-enterprise Trade Union of Metallurgy, Communications, Energy and Allied Workers (SME) and the World Federation of Trade Unions, Regional Office, Americas (WFTU-ROA)

Allegations

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