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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 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 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...

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...

Apr 16, 20121 min read

An Open Letter to Secretary Solis from a Union Member

This is an open letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from union member and Witness for Peace board member John Walsh. It comes after...

Apr 11, 20123 min read

General Motors in Colombia: the Free Trade Agreement, the Abuses, the Corruption and the Resistance

Jorge Parra, the President of the Association of Sick and Fired Workers Of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL in Spanish), started his...

Oct 5, 20093 min read

Honduran Economy and the Coup

by the Witness for Peace Staff in Honduras In San Pedro Sula we met with several union leaders to discuss the impact the coup has had in...

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