What We Have Done

What We Have Done, with Support

  • helped keep the Colombia Free Trade Agreement from coming to a vote, in part by providing continuing documentation on violence and impunity
  • helped win labor law reform, new labor courts, and increases in the minimum wage in Guatemala
  • helped win first convictions for violence against trade unionists in Guatemala
  • won legal recognition of trade unions in clothing factories in Central America
  • helped win a delay in implementing "race to the bottom" rules for the banana trade
  • helped put reform labor law in Ecuador on the political agenda for both the U.S. and Ecuadorian governments
  • submitted worker rights petitions on Guatemala and Ecuador and backed complaints filed on Mexico
  • testified before the U.S. Trade Representative
  • organized fact-finding delegations to Guatemala, Ecuador, and Colombia

and more.

NEW: How Much Progress vs. Violence Under Uribe?

How much progress has there been under President Uribe in addressing violence against trade unionists and impunity?

Check out our new How Much Progress Has There Been Under Uribe? It accompanies our shorter Fact Sheet: Murders of Trade Unionists and Impunity Under Uribe.

Fair Trade Certification and Worker Organizing

 
 

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