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Violence Against Trade Unionists in Central America Spreads to Honduras; Top Union Leader Gunned Down

May 5, 2008 --

On April 24, the general secretary of the Workers’ Confederation of Honduras (CTH) was shot 16 times by six masked men and killed, along with another trade unionist and her motorcyclist on a well-tr

First CAFTA Complaint Filed; Upsurge in Violence Against Guatemalan Unionists Denounced

April 29, 2008 --

On April 23, the AFL-CIO and Guatemalan trade unions filed the first CAFTA worker rights complaint since the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement came into effect in 2006.

Free Trade Agreements and Trade Policy

Murders of Colombian Trade Unionists Back Up in 2008

April 11, 2008 --

At least 17 trade unionists have been murdered in Colombia during the first quarter of 2008, according to a report released the week of April 7 by a leading non-governmental organization in Colombia t

Violence Against Colombian Trade Unionists

Human Rights NGOs Outraged by Recent Wave of Attacks in Colombia

March 27, 2008 --

Over 20 human rights organizations signed on to a letter to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe this week, expressing outrage over the recent upsurge in attacks against human rights defenders and trade u

Violence Against Colombian Trade Unionists

Successful Flower Worker Tour Comes to a Close

April 18, 2008 --

Dora Acero, the Secretary of Education of the Untrafragancia flower worker union and a worker on Dole’s La Fragancia plantation in Colombia, is now back at work in Colombia after a two-week US tour