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International solidarity takes many forms, among them email campaigns. Protest letters serve to put governments and employers on notice that on an international level people are concerned and watching them.

"It is actually surprising to me how often I have been told that such campaigns have made a real difference to workers involved in critical struggles," says UE International Affairs Director Robin Alexander.

"They have caused workers to be reinstated. They have spurred parties to engage in meaningful negotiations. And they have resulted in halting violence directed against union activists. They also encourage the workers involved to hang in there, knowing that they are not as alone and isolated as they might feel."

The most effective campaigns for workers' justice world-wide are run by LabourStart, which is capable of generating thousands of messages from around the world.

In this space UE will occasionally include our own alerts. At other times, we will post current LabourStart campaigns.

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