Philippines president Gloria Arroyo was in Wellington for a state visit including lunch with Helen Clark, the US and Chinese Ambassadors. The Council for Trade Unions called for a boycott of the lunch and organised a solidarity action to highlight the state sanctioned murder of trade unionists and the continued imprisonment of Crispin Beltran aka Ka Bel, who is regarded as the father of the Philippines labour movement.
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