"Union leaders harassed in Brazil's textile factories - report", 6 December 2019

Women labor leaders in Brazil face harassment and isolation in the grueling textile industry, where they are singled out for their union involvement, according to a report made public this week.

Interviews with about 250 women by the non-profit Instituto Observatorio Social over four months this year found they faced sexual harassment and humiliation in the workplace, with union leaders singled out for abuse...

...“Workers who are labor leaders reported that not only are they under stronger surveillance, but so is anyone that gets near them,” said the report...One labor leader interviewed in the report said workers had been fired for speaking to her...