For the Press*
Colombia Trade Agreement, Violence Against Trade Unionists, Plan Colombia
- Colombia Fact Sheet: Murders of Trade Unionists and Impunity Under Uribe Updated April 2008
2008 First Quarter Report on Increase in Assassinations of Trade Unionists (Escuela Nacional Sindical) 2007 Sentencing and Conviction Report from the Colombian Government (Spanish)
Explanations of USLEAP Data Analysis, Excluded Cases
- U.S. Trade Unions Oppose Military Aid to Colombia Letter to Congress, June 2007
- Denouncing State Department Misrepresentations on Violence Press Release, May 2007
- Bush Trip to Colombia and FTA Press Release, March 2007
- Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Colombia Special Report, June 2006
Trade and Worker Rights (non-Colombia)
- Assassinations of Guatemalan Trade Unionists Surge Since CAFTA;Lessons for Colombia FTA? April 3, 2008
- Ecuador, Pending Worker Rights Complaint
Petition to USTR, 2005
Bananas and Worker Rights
- Human Rights Groups Denounce Dole Letter to Dole, May 2006
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Dole, Behind the Smokescreen
Document Produced by USLEAP and others, 2006
Flowers and Worker Rights
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Valentine's Day 2007 and Worker Abuses in Colombia and Ecuador
Press Release and Report, February 2007
Sweatshops and Worker Rights
- Hanes Targeted in the Dominican Republic Letter to Hanes, July 2007
- Sweatfree Pioneer Forced to Close Statement on Closing of Just Garments, May 2007
*Reporters on deadline: Contact Stephen Coats at 773-612-4452 and scoats@usleap.org or Charity Ryerson at 312-208-1143 and cryerson@usleap.org. Main office number: 773-262-6502
From the Press
Colombia Trade Agreement, Violence Against Trade Unionists, Plan Colombia
- "Pro-Union Study Blasts Colombia," June 16 2006 Kylene Kiang, Atlanta Journal Constitution
- "Ratifying Death in Colombia," June 14 2006 Harold Myerson, Washington Post
Trade and Worker Rights (non-Colombia)
- "Central American Labor Pact Stirs Strong Emotions; Workers Find Fear, Hope in U.S.-Backed Free-Trade Deal," June 20 2006 Krissah Williams and Paul Blustein, Washington Post
Flowers and Worker Rights
- "Labor Conditions at US Plantations Show Hidden Realities of Flower Industry" February 14 2007 Amy Goodman, Democracy Now
- "Colombian Union Chief Confronts Dole Flowers," February 14 2006 Jane Bussey, Miami Herald
Sweatshops and Worker Rights
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"Mexico Labor Case Grows for Maker of Barbie Gowns" June 12 2005
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times
- "Workers Assail Costume Plant" June 9 2005 Lauren Weber, Newsday
- "Sin respuesta, la denuncia de abuso laboral a menores" June 8 2005 Julián Sánchez, El Universal
- "Rechaza Mattel vínculos con firma que supuestamente emplea a niños" May 26 2005, La Jornada
Press Archives, Selected
Bananas and Worker Rights
- "In Ecuador's Banana Fields, Child Labor is Key to
Profits" July 13 2002 Juan Forero, New York Times
- "Group: Coffee Giant Slow to Keep Guatemala Promise"
March 6 1997
Christopher Solomon, Seattle Times
- "Starbucks Will Help Workers; Code for Guatemalan Suppliers Due"
Imbert Matthee, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
February 16 1995
- "PVH, In Reversal, Plans to Negotiate with Union in Guatemala" March 18 1997
Wendy Bounds, Wall Street Journal
- "Critics Confront a CEO Dedicated to Human Rights" February 24 1997
Wendy Bounds, Wall Street Journal
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