Colombia: trade union leaders killed and threatened
Colombia: trade union leaders killed and threatened
4 February 2013: The ITUC and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) have firmly condemned the most recent killing of a trade union activist and the serious intimidation suffered by union leaders.
The international trade union movement also expressed alarm at the deteriorating climate of insecurity, manifested in the form of direct threats against the trade union movement’s national leadership.
According to reports received by the ITUC, two death threats have been made in recent days against the national and regional leaders of both the CGT and the CUT, affiliated to the ITUC-TUCA.
In addition, regional trade union offices have been threatened and trade union leaders involved in struggles to defend labour rights have been killed.
More:
http://www.ituc-csi.org/colombia-trade-union-leaders
