August 18, 2010 --
On August 16, 2010, thugs entered a plant owned by Johnson Controls in Puebla, Mexico, and assaulted them, according to reports, "with sticks and stones, leaving many injured." Two of the members of the Executive Committee of the newly formed union at the plant, Cándido Barreucos and Vigilio Melendez, were beaten in a company office and forced to sign letters of resignation, re
August 2, 2010 --
Over two years after the filing of the first labor complaint under CAFTA, the US government has agreed to take formal action against Guatemala. On July 30, the US Department of Labor announced it had requested consultations with the government of Guatemala to address worker rights violations cited in a complaint filed
July 22, 2010 --
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) joined two Costa Rican unions this week to file a labor complaint against the Costa Rican government for failing to abide by the labor chapter of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). It is only
July 12, 2010 --
Worker rights violations in Colombia, as elsewhere in Latin America, are not limited to murder and violence but can take more subtle yet still effective forms, as evidenced in a study of the banking sector in Colombia prepared by former USLEAP Regional Coordinator Suzanna Collerd.