Union victory in Unilever Casual-T campaign!/Prison for Iran sugar leaders - act now!

Unilever, IUF Settlement Resolves Conflict over Precarious Work at Lipton
Pakistan

A negotiated settlement between Unilever and the IUF has resolved the long,
difficult conflict over the rights of precarious workers at the company's
directlly-owned Lipton/Brooke Bond tea factory in Khanewal, Pakistan.

http://www.iuf.org/den6281


Sugar Union Leaders Sentenced to Prison in Iran - Act Now!

In a drive to destroy the independent union established last year by workers
at the giant Haft Tapeh plantation/refining sugar complex in southern Iran,
a court on October 12 sentenced 6 union leaders to immediate prison terms on
charges stemming from October 2007. Three leaders convicted for their union
activity last year for "endangering national security" in connection with
worker action in 2008 had their sentences overturned on appeal in September.
Two union officers, president Ali Nejati and communications officer Reza
Rekhshah, both of whom face lengthy prison sentences, were still awaiting
the outcome of their appeal when the court in the city of Dezful sentenced
the six leaders on the similar 2007 charges.

Send a message to the government of Iran - freedom for the Haft Tapeh
leaders!