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Article

9 Jan 2008

Author:
AFL-CIO

[PDF] Workers' Rights, Violence and Impunity in Colombia

38 trade unionists were murdered in Colombia between January 1 and December 1, 2007...the rate of impunity for the murder of trade unionists remains over 97 percent...The ILO has noted repeatedly that several of Colombia's labor laws are not in compliance with the !LO core labor standards...In December 2007, three workers at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bucaramanga were informed that they would be killed...if they did not cease their protests against their employer...The Aguilas Negras assumed responsibility for this death threat...[also refers to Caja Agraria, Telecom, Bancafe, Inravision, Banestado, ECOPETROL, Granbanco]