Nominations for Award for Promoting Union RightsLast updated: 2/16/2011 // Industri Energi, a Norwegian federation of trade unions, annually presents an international award to a person or organization that has been instrumental in promoting union rights and strengthening trade union organization. Repre17 Feb 11 Laborstart The deadline for nominating candidates is 1 March 2011. The Arthur Svensson International Award for Union Rights will be presented in Oslo on 16 June 2011, together with the award money of NOK 500,000 (approx. US$86,000). In 2010, the award was granted to Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). ”Wellington Chibebe has been given the award because he is a courageous trade union leader in a country where dissidents face torture and death threats,” said Committee Chair Liv Undheim, Deputy Chair of Industri Energi, upon presenting the award. |
