Condemning the coup which has ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, the Global Union representing workers in the textile, garment and footwear industries said today that unless democracy is restored and the military returns to barracks Honduras should be isolated and global sanctions should be imposed on the country. 

The Global Union representing workers in the garment and footwear industries has intervened with the Indonesian footwear manufacturer PT Prima Inreksa Industries asking that it regularise the situation of workers laid off over two years ago.

The ILO was today invited to play a leading role in a stabilisation and recovery initiative grounded in decent work which has been developed to lead the textile, clothing and footwear industries out of the current recession in which twelve million jobs have so far been lost and a further three million are at risk.