Members of all of the affiliate unions met August 4-8, 2009 to reaffirm the driving mission of the Latin American Banana and Agroindustrial Union Coordinator (COLSIBA) and to define the new lines of actions for the next two years. The first two days of meeting were held by the Women´s Coordinating body and resulted in a series of resolutions to promote gender equality in the workplace.

The Colombian government’s chief intelligence and security service has once again been implicated in illegal activity against trade unionists and human rights leaders. 

While mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has so far yielded little progress, the situation in Honduras continues to worsen with reports of hundreds of human rights violations and four political assassinations, including one trade unionist.

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has joined a growing chorus of condemnation against the military coup in Honduras that took place on Sunday, June 28.  U.S.