US-Colombia Labor Action Plan is ‘useless and detrimental’: workers unions
The joint US-Colombian Labor Action Plan (LAP) to defend workers rights and improve labor...
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Colombia failing on workers rights: Report
Colombia has not fully complied with the Labor Action Plan agreed to with the U.S. in the lead up to the Free Trade Agreement, said U.S. labor union federation AFL-CIO Tuesday. The report claims the Colombian government “has...
Colombia FTA passage ‘gave green light’ to union killings: AFL-CIO
The United States Congress launched “a new wave of anti-union violence” in Colombia when it approved the country’s Free Trade Agreement, the largest union federation in the U.S. told Barack Obama Wednesday. In...
’15 Colombian unionists murdered since Labor Action Plan took effect’
Fifteen union leaders have been murdered since the Labor Action Plan between the United States and Colombia went into effect in April 2011, said the largest U.S-based trade union federation in a letter to President Barack Obama....
FTA not enough for Colombian development: AFL-CIO
America’s top union issued a letter that argued that Colombian development requires more than passage of a free trade agreement. The letter was address to members of Congress and made a number of arguments against passage...
AFL-CIO issues letter to Congress opposing FTA with Colombia
The United States’ largest national trade union federation has issued a letter to members of Congress urging them to vote down the upcoming free trade agreement with Colomiba, South Korea, and Panama. The American...
