December 2007

The Chicago Trade with Justice Working Group delivered a letter to the offices of Illinois Senators Durbin and Obama this week, signed by 30 Chicago-area o

Ninety-five trade unionists were forcibly displaced in the first eleven months of 2007, up from seven in 2006, according to a new report from the Escuela

The following is an overview of the key issues USLEAP focused on this year, including important political developments that impacted workers.

The September 23 murder of Marco Tulio Ramirez, a leader of the Del Monte banana union SITRABI in Guatemala, sparked international protests joined by USLEAP and local charges of possible Del Monte com

The growing campaign against Dole Fresh Flowers is moving into a new stage as the Untrafragancia union at Dole’s Fragancia flower plantation lays the groundwork for negotiations with the company thi