The European Parliament (EP) approved a resolution on Wednesday stating Colombia must improve its human and labor rights situation before it would pass the pending free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union…
Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for trade union workers, according to a report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The document shows that in 2011…
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce that Colombia is complying with the labor rights conditions that were set for a free trade agreement between Bogota to take effect.…
Almost 95% of murders of trade unionists in Colombia have gone unpunished, the United Nations revealed Tuesday. Between 1984 and 2011, 2,800 unionists were killed, 216 were disappeared, 83 were…
Colombia’s ex-vice president Francisco Santos issued a public apology after reconciling with unions over libel and slander charges, reported local media Friday. The Colombian unions Sintrateléfonos, Sintraemcali, and Sintraunicol filed…
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…
Increasingly, politically-motivated incarceration threatens Colombian unionists, human rights workers, and political activists. They are already too familiar with killings and disappearances at the hands of armed enforcers. International solidarity with…
Colombian labor unions began a lobby in Washington Monday to oppose the possible appointment of Colombian vice-President Angelino Garzon as new head of the International Labour Organisation. According to the…