US congressmen urge Santos to take action to protect Colombian workers
US congressmen urge Santos to take action to protect Colombian workers
May 16, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya
Recent bombings that targeted Colombian unions resulted in US congressmen sending a letter to Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos urging him to protect workers’ rights.
The letter was sent on Thursday and signed by seven democratic representatives, who are part of the Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights in Colombia (CMG).
The CMG is part of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement’s provisions to protect worker’s rights. Colombia and the US developed the Labor Action Plan parallel with the FTA to improve Colombia’s labor rights record and make sure the FTA wouldn’t aggravate violations.
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“As you know, in the past, this union was also the focus of “Operation Dragon” – an assassination plot involving former members of the armed forces against a long list of labor rights activists, including the former President of Sintraemcali and now Senator Alexander Lopez-Maya and prominent human rights defender Berenice Celeyta, the Robert F. Kennedy laureate for Colombia,” said the members of congress in the letter.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/us-representatives-send-letter-santos-urging-action-protect-colombian-workers/
