Murder of Chico Mendes

Date: December 22, 1988 • Location: Xapuri, Brazil

Brazilian unionist and environmental activist Chico Mendes was murdered at his home in Xapuri.

A trade union or labor/labour union, often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions and safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing the status of employees, and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.