USW Says Colombia Continues ‘Shameful Violence' Against Trade Unionists
United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo Gerard says Colombia “continues its shameful distinction as the most dangerous country in the world to be a trade unionist.” He says that withholding implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is the “surest form of leverage the U.S. has to safeguard the lives and well-being of unionists in Colombia.”
Gerard’s comments follow Sunday’s announcement by the White House that it will implement the FTA beginning May 15.


