Submitted by massjwj on Sun, 2005-10-30 14:41.
Massachusetts Jobs With Justice is working to support trade unionists and human rights activists in
Colombia targeted by right wing paramilitary death squads. We have built a special relationship with the municipal workers union SINTRAOFAN in the hard hit
province of
Atioquia. One of its leaders, Hector Giraldo, has been working with JWJ, the Communication Workers, SEIU, and others in Massachusetts to build support in the U.S. and oppose the U.S. military's "Plan
Colombia". In collaboration with SINTRAOFAN, MassJwJ has also expanded its solidarity networks with other Colombian trade unionists and are reacting to the constant stream of death threats hurled at labor organizers by pressuring both US and Colombian officials to protect the rights of our sisters and brothers in
Colombia to organize.
We are also still in the fight against corporate driven globalization and the race to the bottom. After stopping the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) dead in its tracts, working people and their allies now have to shift gears. Right now, congress is in the process of passing bilateral free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and
South Korea – all of them build on the same disastrous NAFTA-formula. Join us as Jobs with Justice continues to struggle against these bills and build a global movement for working people.
To help with any of these campaigns, contact the Jobs With Justice office or check out the websites below.
Latin America Working Group
Colombian Human Rights Network
U.S./ Labor Education in the Americas Project
El Rescate
Washington Office on Latin America
Center for International Policy
International Centre for Trade Union Rights
Labour News from Colombia
