The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing more than 105 million workers in 133 countries around the world, expresses its strongest condemnation of the criminal bombing attack carried out in the early hours of March 18 at the home of comrade Luis Villanueva Carbajal, President of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP), General Secretary of the Federation of Workers in Civil Construction of Peru (FTCCP), and a member of the Secretariat of the Trade Union International of Workers in the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries (UITBB).
This cowardly and violent act is not an isolated incident—it is part of a broader pattern of escalation by organized crime, which has already taken the lives of 26 union leaders in recent years. It represents a direct assault on democracy, on the right to union organization, and on the safety and dignity of workers who struggle daily for better lives.
The WFTU demands from the Peruvian government and authorities urgent and effective action to identify and bring to justice those responsible, and to implement immediate and permanent measures to protect trade union leaders and the working class of Peru.
The criminal actions of those who seek to silence the trade union movement through terror must be met with the full force of justice and popular resistance.
The WFTU stands firmly and unwaveringly beside the working people of Peru and our militant comrades in CGTP and FTCCP. We reaffirm our commitment to defend labor rights and to fight against all forms of violence, intimidation, and repression against the working class.
We call upon all WFTU affiliates and friends across the world to raise their voices in solidarity with the Peruvian working class, to condemn this heinous attack, and to organize acts of international solidarity. Let us send a clear message: Workers are not alone.
Security and justice for the workers of Peru! Hands off trade union leaders! An injury to one is an injury to all!
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