News on Violence Against Trade Unionists in Colombia

Colombia returned to the headlines this week with John McCain's visit and the surprising rescue of 15 hostages, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.

According to a report released this spring by the Escuela Nacional Sindical, Colombia’s leading source for data on anti-union violence, there was a notable increase in murders of trade union members

According to a report released this spring by the Escuela Nacional Sindical, Colombia's leading source for data on anti-union violence, there was a notable

President Bush sent the highly controversial Colombia Free Trade Agreement to Congress on April 7th.

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 trad

The number of trade unionists murdered in Colombia in 2007 dropped from 72 in 2006 to 39.

President Bush signed the spending bill into law on December 26th, finalizing significant reductions in U.S. military aid to Colombia.

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

A Dear Colleague letter on the Colombia aid package was distributed to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee last week, urging the committee to preserve elements of both the Senate and Ho

On November 8, 2007, the AFL-CIO expressed continued opposition to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement in a letter to Congress.