Nicaragua’s good recent reputation on union freedom and workers’ rights has taken a massive blow as twelve workers, including young union activist  face gaol after riot police stormed their protest at an Enterprise Processing Zone (EPZ) in the country’s capital, Managua…In this case, workers were complaining about conditions at the South Korean-owned Tecnotex factory, demanding access to things like drinking water and health care, as well as more realistic production targets. The South Korean company clearly viewed the request for such luxuries are wholly unacceptable, and fired the union leadership…According to reports, “police arbitrarily and indiscriminately detained a dozen workers.”…South Korea’s record on workers’ rights has seen them ranked by the ITUC as the worst a country can be without suffering a total breakdown of the rule of law…