Testimony  – Fatima Herrera Olea of SITAG-Peru June 2013

 

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Peruvian TUist BANNED from UK.

due to speak at the university on 4 December 2012

Fatima del Rosario Herrera Olea, aged 20, a young trade union activist and Women’s Secretary of SITAG-Peru has again had her visa  refused by the British Embassy in Peru 

She has been involved in the union’s activities both in her local region of Piura and at national level. 

She was also a regional candidate in the last municipal Elections 

SITAG-Peru is a young but rapidly growing union that represents over 4,000 workers involved in the production and export of organic and Fairtrade bananas, mainly from small farms. 

 organised by UNISON Womens’ Group