Honduras: trade union leaders face threats
HONDURAS: Workers celebrate historic victory
Monday, 23 November 2009 13:22
Workers from the Honduran factory that has been the centre of a global anti sweatshop campaign are celebrating what commentators are calling one of the biggest ever victories of the global anti sweatshop movement. On the 14th November leaders from SITRAJEERZESH, the union representing the Jeerzes workers signed a historic agreement with Russell Athletic, the US-based company that ran the Jeerzes de Honduras factory that will see all workers compensated and re-employed by the company nine months after the JDH factory closed its doors.
Honduras: Union leaders under threat
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 00:00
1,800 workers at the Jerzees de Honduras factory in Honduras are facing the prospect of unemployment after Russel Corporation closed the factory in February 2009. The closure followed a long campaign by the SITRAJERZEESH union, who had finally won the right to represent workers at the factory. Since the closure was announced several union leaders have received credible threats to their safety and their lives.
