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Paramilitaries Threaten Brink’s Workers in Bogotá

By Cruz Bonlarron Martinez The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective recently received reports that Brink’s workers affiliated with the...

Take Action to Protect Honduran Workers

In April, Delta Apparel – a US-based company – fired 40 workers with crippling musculoskeletal injuries from their factory in Honduras....

Witness for Peace Condemns the Attack of Union Organizers in Choluteca, Honduras

Witness for Peace Condemns the Attack of Union Organizers in Choluteca On April 15th, Moisés Sánchez and his brother, Misael, were...

Human Trafficking: not an isolated phenomenon

by Sue Davis (WFP Mexico Program delegate) “If you promise a girl heaven, you can take her to hell.” (Quote from a human trafficker...

Declaración de la caravana por la paz y la democrácia en Colombia / Statement from the Caravan for P

Feliz día internacional de l@s trabajadores! Hoy concluye nuestra serie de blog enfocada en el comercio. Queremos agradecer a tod@s su...

“Enséñame a organizar”: Enfrentando las políticas neoliberales a nivel nacional e internacional

Por Celeste Larkin, Chicago Religious Leadership Network Llevo tres años viviendo en Chicago y, en este tiempo, la ciudad ha vivido...

“Teach me to organize:” confronting neoliberal economics at home and abroad

Celeste Larkin, Chicago Religious Leadership Network I’ve lived in Chicago for the past three years and, in that time, we’ve seen many...

Interview with a Nicaraguan Free Trade Zone Worker

By WfP Nicaragua Team “What I would like and what I hope for (my country) is that in every Free Trade Zone there be a union and that...

The Impact of the TPP, Part One / El Impacto del TPP, Primera Parte

Español abajo Josh Wise, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition For nearly five years now, government bureaucrats and lobbyists on both sides of...

The Human Face (and Price) of Trade

The Witness blog series is back! This month, Witness for Peace, in close collaboration with coalition partners in the United States and...

Labor Activists Mendoza and Galvis Under Attack

by Jessye Weinstein WFP Colombia Team Two trade union leaders in Barrancabermeja’s Coca Cola plant —William Mendoza, President of the...

GM Workers Enter 4th Week on Hunger Strike with Growing International Support

By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Dozens of people protested in front of GM’s headquarters in Detroit last week, outraged at the company’s...

Labor Action Plan Monitoring Report

This is a Labor Action Plan Monitoring report done by Witness for Peace delegates and International Team this past July. It includes the...

Fired GM Workers Commemorate Protest’s Anniversary with Hunger Strike

By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Minutes before he started to sew his mouth shut, Jorge Parra explained his rationale to me: “Essentially GM...

Workers of the Americas at Risk: The Cases of Wisconsin, Colombia, and Guatemala

by Carlos Cruz, Colombia Team The workers of the Americas are facing an all-out attack on their rights and their lives. The recent effort...

Systematic Threats Force Mexican Labor Rights Organization CAT to Close its Office

by Carlin Christy, WfP Mexico Repeated attacks including kidnapping and death threats have forced the members of The Center of Support...

Car Bomb Explodes in Bogotá as Trade Accord Begins

By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...

First trade union member killed since FTA implementation announced

The packed room of port workers stood in silent commemoration of Daniel Aguirre, a man who dedicated his life to the struggle of the...

Voices from the People’s Summit

By WFP Colombia Team As Presidents from across the Americas were getting set to gather for the Summit of the Americas April 14-15, social...

General Motors in Colombia: the Free Trade Agreement, the Abuses, the Corruption and the Resistance

Jorge Parra, the President of the Association of Sick and Fired Workers Of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL in Spanish), started his...

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