Weekly Report - 11 October 2012 (WR-12-40)

Bombs, shootouts and kidnappings. This week members of the Argentine labour union movement in different parts of the country were victims of numerous forms of violence – in some cases it was even union-on-union violence. As political tension in the country increases and the power struggle to control the union movement intensifies, a real danger for an escalation in union-related violence is beginning to take shape and authorities will need to take note and act accordingly or risk its potential increase.

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