El Salvador: Information on a trade union called SIMBAS (Basic Metallurgical Industrial Union)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SLV4581 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, El Salvador: Information on a trade union called SIMBAS (Basic Metallurgical Industrial Union), 1 April 1990, SLV4581, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab264a.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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There is no reference to a trade union with the acronym SIMBAS in the sources currently available to the IRBDC. However, there is a reference to a trade union called "Industrial Mechanics and Basic Metallic Workers Union" (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Mec nica y Met licas B sicas) known by its Spanish acronym STIMMB. This union is affiliated to the umbrella workers organization Unión Nacional de Trabajadores Salvadoreños (UNTS), the largest in the country. [1].
Regarding UNTS, please find attached a news report on the recent Canadian tour by a member of its executive with the purpose of publicizing the human rights abuses against members of this union in recent years [2] Also, find attached a series of news report from the Online Database Services available to the IRBDC.
Notes:
[1] Segundo Montes, "El Salvador 1988: Estructura de Clases y Comportamiento de las Fuerzas Sociales", Departamento de Sociología y Ciencias Políticas, Instituto de Derechos Humanos (IDHUCA), San Salvador, 1988, p.89.
[2] Jacquie Miller, "War Stories From El Salvador", The Ottawa Citizen, March 17, 1990.