Louise Giblin (Member of UNISON’s Scottish International Committee) & Kaila McCulloch (Vice Chair of the committee) are on a UNISON field trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
From 15 June 2017 they will spend 10 days visiting occupied settlements and meeting with rural workers and the union FERAESP, gaining a good insight into the work and projects going on in Araraquara and Bela Vista. Click here for the background to the project.
They will be blogging regularly so check back here for updates.
Sao Paulo Appeal 2019
Following the Scottish International Committee delegation to Brazil in 2017, we are renewing our Appeal, launched in 2018, to raise ...
Scottish International Committee Sao Paulo Appeal 2018
Following the success of the Scottish International Committee delegation to Brazil in 2017, we have launched an appeal to raise ...
Brazil blog: Descalvado field trip and thanks
From Kaila: Friday 23rd June, last day in Araraquara. Field trip to Descalvado. This settlement started in 1998, there are ...
Brazil blog: January 2 settlement visit
Thursday 22 June from Kaila: Another early start, with a long road trip to Descalvado to visit a settlement called ...
Brazil blog: Coffee plantation claimed by the people
On Wednesday our delegation visited a settlement to meet Brazilian people who have occupied land and exercised their legal right ...
Brazil blog: Araraquara – meeting FERAESP reps
Louise Giblin reports: "We arrived in Araraquara late Sunday evening. On Monday we had our first meeting with 10 representatives ...
