"UNI Global Union condemns police raids and arrest of Anne Krueger in the Philippines", 1 November 2019

UNI strongly condemns the arrest and detention of 57 members of labor and civil society organisations in the Philippines ...Included in the arrests was Mary-Anne Krueger (known as Anne) who is an organiser for the contact centre workers’ association BIEN in the city of Bacolod. Anne and BIEN have been active in working with UNI Global Union in the Filipino contact centre sector.

The home of Anne Krueger... was raided by armed Filipino police at 9pm on the 31st of October...

General Secretary of UNI Global Union General Secretary Christy Hoffman said, “We call on the Filipino government to immediately release Anne Krueger and the other 57 members of civil society and labor organisations, and to drop the trumped-up charges against these democracy and human rights activists”.

Ms. Hoffman went onto say, “We hold the Government of the Philippines responsible for the physical integrity of Anne and other individuals being forcibly detained”...