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Trumka Presents Hong Kong's Civil Human Rights Front with 2020 Meany-Kirkland Human Rights Award
… democracy and human rights. In Chile, Colombia, Haiti, Lebanon, India, Zimbabwe and the United States, people have taken to the streets. To demand accountability for people in positions of power. To reform unjust systems. To change the course of … on working hours and collective bargaining rights. With freedom of association as its guiding principle, the HKCTU’s work exemplifies the vital link between the fight for workplace democracy and broad democratic rights. They were at the … response has been harsh. Nearly 9,000 arrests. Tens of thousands of rounds of tear gas used. And restrictions on the right to protest. But none of that prevented massive participation and growing public support. While the government withdrew …