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Issue No. 124 | 15 February 2002 |
Chickens Come Home
Unions: Winning the Heartland Interview: Swan's Song Corporate: Lessons from Enron Politics: What We Did Last Summer History: Solidarity in Song International: A Tale of Two Cities Poetry: Nobody Told Me Review: Labor and the Rings Satire: Rafter Named Bermudan Of The Year For Tax Purposes
Unions' Commit to Battle for Hearts Carr on Notice - Expectations Up Mad Monk Sides With Angels � Briefly Maritime Union Acts on Spy Scandal May Day Play-Off for Workers' Anthem Burmese Links Shroud Winter Olympics New Phone Venture One.Tel In Drag Two Million Face Rights Downgrade Enron Collapse Hits Share-Owner Agenda Corrrigan Snaps Up Rail Bargain Kinko Clowns With Workers' Rights Telstra's Tragic Delays Of Its Own Making Burrow Puts Case to World Economic Forum Shangri La Protests Hit Melbourne
The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review
'International Labour's Year in Review' - A Re-View Belly's Broad-Side Collins Gets Cryptic
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News Burmese Links Shroud Winter Olympics
The International Confederation of Free Trades Union (ICFTU) says Marker is one of four IOC partners on their list of countries trading with Burma, in breach of ILO sanctions.
Burma, a country where forced labour is widespread, has been condemned by the ILO and the international community in general for its flagrant disrespect of labour standards and human rights. The ICFTU has published a list of companies with links to Burma, which is available online (http://www.global-unions.org/burma/). This list is intended to encourage such companies to abandon their links with Burma. In addition to Marker Ltd., three other companies from the ICFTU Burma list - Lucent Technologies, Chevron Texaco and Samsung - are official sponsors/partners of the 2002 Olympic Games.
Contribute to Peace In a letter sent to Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Confederation of Free Trade Unions General Secretary Guy Ryder stated that, "no responsible organisation or body should make use of products originating in Burma. This is particularly true for an organisation that has a goal to 'contribute to building a peaceful and better world.'" Ryder says, "the Olympic Games are viewed worldwide by a huge global audience. The Olympic flame is a sign of hope, not repression." "The International Olympic Committee should immediately act to disassociate itself from those trading with tyranny in Burma and reaffirm the historic values of the Olympic Games." " To read the letter sent to Jacques Rogge- President of the I.O.C.- please visit:
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