May Day: Workers rights are human rights

On May 1st PSI affiliates across the globe will be organising marches, demonstrations and rallies to call for the observance of trade union and human rights and to highlight the severe injustices that trade unionists remain subjected to, including murder and persecution in the worst instances.

PSI General Secretary, Peter Waldorff said "The fundamental importance of trade union and labour rights is well recognised within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However 60 years on, many workers still do not benefit from these most basic human rights. In Colombia at least 22 trade unionists have been killed so far this year; in Turkey police frequently use brutal force to break up legitimate peaceful protests. These are just a couple of examples."