Following up on a post I made earlier in this blog, word has come down that the U.S. Congress has decided not to approve a free trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia. This comes following a report from visiting U.S. union leaders that labor rights have been steadily declining in Colombia despite the fact that it was already one of, if not the, worst countries for unionists. Five unionists have been killed this year, 970 since August of 2002, and 97% of those murders are as of yet unsolved. Also, only 4% of the work force in Colombia is involved in a union.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_us_unions;_ylt=AqPzGcE14u9xCZ8IlmWKBB63IxIF
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