Norwegian Corporation Violates Labor Rights in
Agrifood corporation CampoSol – a subsidiary of
In 2002 Felipe Ecobedo
was fired for leading the creation of a trade union. In May of 2007, the
company fired workers for reading flyers that promoted the creation of a trade
union in the company.
This situation caused a series of
demonstrations and mobilizations that led to a strong police repression. Four
workers were kidnapped and tortured and others were injured by bullets. In
August of 2007, the Workers Trade Union of Camposol
Corporation (SITECASA) was finally created. But in December of the same year
the company fired 385 workers. 80% of them were members of the union. Despite
the mediation of the Minister of Labor and Employment
Promotion of Peru and the successive negotiations with the work administrative
authority, only 50 of the fired workers have recovered their jobs.
The Association Aurora Vivar
is filing an action against the company before the PPT for violating human and
trade union rights in
CampoSol covers the whole
production chain, from the production of raw materials in the countryside to
the processing in the industrial plants and the susequent
commercialization in
The Association Aurora Vivar
claims that the growth of the transnational
corporation is caused for example by the export of non traditional agriculture
products in
Therefore, in 2000, the non traditional agroexporting sector is favored
by Law 27360 “Law that approves the Rules of Promotion of the Agriculture
Sector”. Besides granting tax benefits to the companies, the law creates an
Agrarian Labor Regime that contemplates less rights for workers: it provides lower salaries than the
one earned by a worker in the private sector, it reduces the annual vacation
time and makes firings cheaper.
In this scenario, there is an alliance between
the big capitals and the ruling government of
Key issues: Precarization and exploitation
of labour
Denouncing organizations: Asociación Aurora Vivar, Confederación General de Trabajadores- CGTP, SITECASA (Perú)