브루노 페리에라Bruno Periera

말레이시아 전자산업노동조합 서부지역 사무처장

General Secretary of the Electronic Industry Employees Union Western Region Peninsular Malaysia (EIEUWRPM)

1970년대 인권운동에 참여했고 유엔난민기구(UNHCR)에서 일했다. 이후 시민단체 SUARAM을 만들고 인터넷매체 Malaysiakini 창간에 참여하는 동시에 여러 노동조합을 만들었다. 1979년부터 전자 회사에서 일하며 1988년 기업별노조이기는 하나 말레이시아 전자산업 최초의 노조를 만들었다. 하지만 노조를 없애기 위해 회사는 이름을 여러 번 바꾸었고 브루노를 비롯해 21명을 해고했다. 6년을 끈 법정 투쟁을 거쳐 전원 복직 판결을 받았다. 이후 2010년 말레이시아 반도의 모든 전자노동자를 조직 대상으로 하는 지역 노조 4개를 조직했다.

Bruno Periera took his first leap into the human rights, working with UNHCR during the in 1970s. Along the years, he helped set up a number of NGOs and among them was Suara Rakyat Malaysia, a human rights organization better known as SUARAM. He also helped in the setting up of Malaysiakini, an online news portal. He set up several trade unions as well. He worked in the electronic factory from 1979. There, he was involved in setting up the first union in that industry in 1988, albeit an in-house union. However, the union was finally dissolved during the turn of the century when the company changed its name several times, just to avoid the successful setting up of the union during which time they sacked Bruno and 20 of his co-workers. After a protracted court battled, of six years, they were reinstated in a landmark decision. Bruno ultimately formed four regional unions catering for all the electronic workers in Peninsular Malaysia in 2010