Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Austin Mitchell (Labour), on Tuesday, 30 October 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 13 members in total.

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RADIO BAR KULAN

That this House registers its concern about the working conditions and labour rights abuses at the radio station, Radio Bar Kulan(RBK), run by British PR company Albany Associates with funding from the UN; notes that a petition to the UN Secretary General's special representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has been signed by over 40 journalists' and trade union associations, including the International Federation of Journalists, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain and the Federation of Somali Trade Unions; and supports the petition's call to end these labour rights violations at RBK, to restore a working atmosphere that enhances respect for workers and human rights and to compel Albany to engage in genuine negotiations with the legitimate leadership of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) for the defence and representation of RBK workers in Kenya and Somalia, in particular regarding those sacked or forced to resign and to stop attacks on NUSOJ by Albany Associates.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

656 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Elfyn Llwyd

John McDonnell

Jeremy Corbyn

Alex Cunningham

Subjects

Broadcasting Africa

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk