After 11 years of resistance, injured GM workers still awaiting a response from the United States
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On August 2, 2011, the Association of Injured and Former Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) set up a...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
Paramilitaries Threaten Brink’s Workers in Bogotá
By Cruz Bonlarron Martinez The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective recently received reports that Brink’s workers affiliated with the...
Jun 7, 20172 min read
Take Action to Protect Honduran Workers
In April, Delta Apparel – a US-based company – fired 40 workers with crippling musculoskeletal injuries from their factory in Honduras....
Apr 20, 20172 min read
Witness for Peace Condemns the Attack of Union Organizers in Choluteca, Honduras
Witness for Peace Condemns the Attack of Union Organizers in Choluteca On April 15th, Moisés Sánchez and his brother, Misael, were...
Sep 14, 201511 min read
Human Trafficking: not an isolated phenomenon
by Sue Davis (WFP Mexico Program delegate) “If you promise a girl heaven, you can take her to hell.” (Quote from a human trafficker...
May 1, 20142 min read
Declaración de la caravana por la paz y la democrácia en Colombia / Statement from the Caravan for P
Feliz día internacional de l@s trabajadores! Hoy concluye nuestra serie de blog enfocada en el comercio. Queremos agradecer a tod@s su...
Apr 21, 20143 min read
“Enséñame a organizar”: Enfrentando las políticas neoliberales a nivel nacional e internacional
Por Celeste Larkin, Chicago Religious Leadership Network Llevo tres años viviendo en Chicago y, en este tiempo, la ciudad ha vivido...
Apr 21, 20143 min read
“Teach me to organize:” confronting neoliberal economics at home and abroad
Celeste Larkin, Chicago Religious Leadership Network I’ve lived in Chicago for the past three years and, in that time, we’ve seen many...
Apr 15, 20143 min read
Interview with a Nicaraguan Free Trade Zone Worker
By WfP Nicaragua Team “What I would like and what I hope for (my country) is that in every Free Trade Zone there be a union and that...
Apr 7, 20146 min read
The Impact of the TPP, Part One / El Impacto del TPP, Primera Parte
Español abajo Josh Wise, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition For nearly five years now, government bureaucrats and lobbyists on both sides of...
Apr 1, 20143 min read
The Human Face (and Price) of Trade
The Witness blog series is back! This month, Witness for Peace, in close collaboration with coalition partners in the United States and...
Aug 27, 20123 min read
Labor Activists Mendoza and Galvis Under Attack
by Jessye Weinstein WFP Colombia Team Two trade union leaders in Barrancabermeja’s Coca Cola plant —William Mendoza, President of the...
Aug 21, 20123 min read
GM Workers Enter 4th Week on Hunger Strike with Growing International Support
By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Dozens of people protested in front of GM’s headquarters in Detroit last week, outraged at the company’s...
Aug 13, 201211 min read
Labor Action Plan Monitoring Report
This is a Labor Action Plan Monitoring report done by Witness for Peace delegates and International Team this past July. It includes the...
Aug 3, 20123 min read
Fired GM Workers Commemorate Protest’s Anniversary with Hunger Strike
By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Minutes before he started to sew his mouth shut, Jorge Parra explained his rationale to me: “Essentially GM...
Jun 12, 20124 min read
Workers of the Americas at Risk: The Cases of Wisconsin, Colombia, and Guatemala
by Carlos Cruz, Colombia Team The workers of the Americas are facing an all-out attack on their rights and their lives. The recent effort...
Jun 8, 20123 min read
Systematic Threats Force Mexican Labor Rights Organization CAT to Close its Office
by Carlin Christy, WfP Mexico Repeated attacks including kidnapping and death threats have forced the members of The Center of Support...
May 21, 20123 min read
Car Bomb Explodes in Bogotá as Trade Accord Begins
By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...
May 1, 20123 min read
First trade union member killed since FTA implementation announced
The packed room of port workers stood in silent commemoration of Daniel Aguirre, a man who dedicated his life to the struggle of the...
Apr 18, 20121 min read
Voices from the People’s Summit
By WFP Colombia Team As Presidents from across the Americas were getting set to gather for the Summit of the Americas April 14-15, social...
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