SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Salvadorean trade unionists visit

· Socialist Action No. 41, 20 January 1984 · p. 5 of the scan · 591 words

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IF a telecommunications worker in El Salvador, you can be court martialed for taking industrial action.

'disappear' and lose your life.

Nine thousand trade unionists were last year.

ANAYA faces the horror of death and torture every day of his life for his trade union activity.

union federation.

He is accompanied by Rosa Rivas representative of major federation Comite de Unidad Sindical - CUS. She is the secretary to the clandestine 'FUSS trade union federation in El Salvador.

They have been invited to meet general secretaries from zel national mices national unions and will have discussions with Labour leader Neil Kinnock, member of the Parliamentary Party and Labour's NEC.

in three weeksus and January, the FSR delegation will speak at workplaces, union and trade council meetings in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Sheffield, York, Carsitt Sheffield, Swansea, Birmingham.

power, sewer, port or If you are an active trade unionist you could murdered El Salvadorean, print worker GERADO member of the industrial Miners' president Arthur Scargill will join John Willats, National Granhica Association officer the Fire Brigade's union general secretary Ken Cameron in a rally to greet the delegation to London.

Throughout the tour Rosa Gerado will collect messages of solidarity to take back to tel union rederatons They will culou are statements to the British US administration calling for end of aid the Salvadorean the condemnation its human rights record and the reversal of Thatcher's plans send British RALLY Rosa Rivas a leading member of CUS, El Salvador's largest trade union federation Gerardo Anaya a leading member of the graphical union of El Salvador NUM President Ken Cameron FBU General Secretary Tony Benn Speakers invited from the executives of NUPE and NGA Monday 23rd January 7.30pm County Hall (near Waterloo Station) London Organised by the El Salvador Solidarity Campaign ooservers the rigged residential elections March this vear The British movement will be asked to consider fact finding delegation to El Salvador to counter the disinformation of the Kissinger commission and Us advisers.

A fund raising appeal tor the zones under movement control will be special dus with be a. Topted be this Will movement bodies that much needed funds can be sent direct to El Savador in 1984. • If you are interested in hearing the Salvadorean Trace Coniuce the El Salvador Solidarity Islington Campaign:

Park St, London NI for of agenda.

Tel: 359 3976. • As a result of the tour it is hoped that funds can be sent to the FSR and CUS unions Salvador.

this happens, the £3000 plus costs of the visit have to be covered. Trade and Labour Party branches individual members can make risks of Rosa and Gerado's va wornwme ov cored ting money and sending it to ELSSOC, marked trade union tour. US helicopter the Nicaraguan border on 12 January.

observation flight. They say he was disorientated and blown off course by bad weather conditions sources believe that the helicopter crossed into This confirms helicopters supplying Contras inside Nicaragua.

Official US statements claim that he didn't enter Nicaragua and that he was on a routine But Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras say that wind at the time was not more than 15 knots and 2SN feet. Honduran mintar previous reports of US nil $59.7 nil $59.7 $ 3.0 support 12,000 to 15,000 contras.

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leading graphieal union of El Salvador and is touring Britain on behalf of the FSR - the revolutionary trade

COME AND HEAR LEADING TRADE UNIONISTS FROM EL SALVADOR

enters Nicaragua A US helicopter pilot was shot down and killed on

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