New Zealand workers rally in support of Mexican workers

New Zea­l­and uni­on rep­res­ent­at­ives will rally on Thursday 17 Feb­ru­ary 2011 out­side the Mex­ic­an Embassy in Wel­ling­ton at 12.30pm in sup­port of Mex­ic­an work­ers’ rights as part of an inter­na­tion­al week of solid­ar­ity actions.

The par­ti­cip­at­ing uni­ons will be the Engin­eer­ing, Print­ing and Man­u­fac­tur­ing Uni­on (EPMU), Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and (MUNZ), Ser­vice and Food Work­ers’ Uni­on (SFWU), Nation­al Dis­tri­bu­tion Uni­on (NDU), Rail and Mari­time Trans­port Uni­on (RMTU), Fin­an­cial Sec­tor Uni­on (Fin­sec) and the New Zea­l­and Coun­cil of Trade Uni­ons (CTU).

Rep­res­ent­at­ives will also seek to present a let­ter to the Charge D’Af­faires at the Embassy urging the Mex­ic­an gov­ern­ment to recog­nise work­ers’ rights and com­ply with UN ILO Con­ven­tion No. 87 on Free­dom of Asso­ci­ation.

The Mex­ic­an Embassy is loc­ated at 187 Feath­er­ston Street.