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Meany-Kirkland Human Rights Award Honors Labor in the Arab Spring

Mar 15, 2012 AFLCIO Now Editor | Global Action

The 2012 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award will honor the Tunisian General Union of Labor (UGTT) and the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU)—two unions whose struggles over the past year are emblematic of labor’s role in the Arab uprisings, the AFL-CIO Executive Council announced at its annual winter meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

World’s Unions Call for Democracy in Tunisia

Jan 24, 2011 James Parks | Global Action

The global union movement is reaffirming its strong support for the General Tunisian Workers’ Union (UGTT) and the Tunisian people in their courageous struggle for equality, social justice, political freedom and democracy.