TUC expresses sympathy for family of murdered Spanish trade unionist Isaias Carrasco
Solidarity with Spanish trade unionists
Message from the TUC General Secretary
7 March 2008
The TUC General Secretary, Brendan Barber, has written to the President of UGT in Spain, Candido Mendez, mourning the death of Isaias Carrasco, who was the subject of a brutal and cowardly murder this afternoon outside his home in Mondragon.
The letter says:
'It is always sad to mourn the loss of a fellow trade unionist, but it is especially tragic that Brother Carrasco was so callously struck down. Our thoughts are with his wife and daughter, as well as with his friends and colleagues in the Spanish trade union movement.
'I am sure that his death will be met with the strongest possible response from the Spanish people, heeding the advice of the UGT to show their repugnance for political violence by voting in Sunday's polls in huge numbers.'
Carrasco, a member of the UGT, and former Socialist municipal councillor, was shot several times early in the afternoon of 7 March outside his home, in front of his wife and daughter. Following the killing, both main political parties suspended campaigning for Sunday's Spanish general election, and the government summoned the political parties to a meeting at the country's Chamber of Deputies.
'The best response to this crime is for all the workers of the country to take part in Sunday's general elections,' according to the UGT, which has called for full support for the government's anti-terrorist policies and unity amongst all the political parties against terrorism.
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