Key union backs Charter
AN IMPORTANT American trade union has expressed its
support for peace and justice in Ireland.
UNITE, The Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile
Employees, adopted the resolution in favour of `Charter
for Change' at its February General Executive Board
meeting. The vote is considered significant by the
human rights activists as the union has no particular
concentration of Irish or Irish-American workers.
UNITE is best known as.the union of Norma Rae, the
Southern textile worker made famous by Sally Fields in
the Hollywood movie.
It has been in the vanguard of the fight for immigrant
rights and foreign trade policies with strong labour
rights and environmental protections and it led most US
campaigns against sweatshops, be they in the US or in
Latin America.
Missouri-based union leader Paul Winslow, who
introduced the resolution, welcomed the move as a ``big
step toward bringing the full labour and human rights
community behind the Charter for Change, a vision for
equality, justice and peace in Ireland.''
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