May 21, 2009 --
After a 13-day strike and a strenuous negotiation process,
seventeen thousand workers in Colombia are returning to the banana plantations
of Urabá.
May 13, 2009 --
Seventeen thousand workers from the banana plantations on the Northern coast
of Colombia, represented by SINTRAINAGRO, the National Agricultural Industry
Workers Union, went on strike on May 8.
May 10, 2009 --
On the May 6th, 2009, workers from the newly formed union SINTRAFLORES, who are employed by two flower companies, Camino Real and Degaflores, went on strike because their employers had not paid their salaries or benefits.
April 27, 2009 --
As part of the Economic Justice for Flower Workers Campaign, USLEAP kicks off its worker tour "A Mother's Day Story."
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