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Colombia Trade Agreement, Violence Against Trade Unionists, Plan Colombia

  • Response to The New York Times March 29, 2008 Op Ed, "Killing a Trade Pact" [1]
  • Letter to Uribe from Human Rights NGOs Regarding Recent Wave of Violence Against Human Rights Defenders and Trade Unionists (March 25, 2008)
    [2]
  • April 3, 2008
  • Ecuador, Pending Worker Rights Complaint [3]
    or Charity Ryerson at 312-208-1143 and cryerson@usleap.org [4]. Main office number: 773-262-6502

From the Press

Colombia Trade Agreement, Violence Against Trade Unionists, Plan Colombia

  • June 16 2006
    June 14 2006
    February 14 2006
    June 12 2005
    June 9 2005
    June 8 2005 Julián Sánchez, El Universal
  • "Rechaza Mattel vínculos con firma que supuestamente emplea a niños" [5] May 26 2005, La Jornada

Press Archives, Selected

Bananas and Worker Rights

  • "In Ecuador's Banana Fields, Child Labor is Key to
    Profits"
    [6] July 13 2002 Juan Forero, New York Times

Coffee and Worker Rights
[7]

  • "Group: Coffee Giant Slow to Keep Guatemala Promise" [8]
    March 6 1997
    Christopher Solomon, Seattle Times


  • "Starbucks Will Help Workers; Code for Guatemalan Suppliers Due" [9]
    Imbert Matthee, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    February 16 1995

Sweatshops and Worker Rights
[10]

  • "PVH, In Reversal, Plans to Negotiate with Union in Guatemala" [11] March 18 1997
    Wendy Bounds, Wall Street Journal
  • "Critics Confront a CEO Dedicated to Human Rights" [12] February 24 1997
    Wendy Bounds, Wall Street Journal


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Links:
[1] http://usleap.org/files/NYTimesOpEdResponseUpdated.doc
[2] http://usleap.org/files/Joint%2520NGO%2520Letter%2520to%2520Uribe.pdf
[3] http://usleap.org/files/ATPDEAMarch2005.prn__0.pdf
[4] mailto:cryerson@usleap.org
[5] http://usleap.org/files/La%2520Jornada%2520%2528Mattel%2529.pdf
[6] http://usleap.org/files/usleap/Bananas.NYT_.Forero.pdf
[7] http://usleap.org/files/usleap/Starbucks.Seattle.Soloman.pdf
[8] http://usleap.org/files/usleap/Starbucks.Seattle.Soloman.pdf
[9] http://usleap.org/files/usleap/Starbucks.Seattle.1995.pdf
[10] http://usleap.org/files/PVH.March1997.Bounds.pdf
[11] http://usleap.org/files/PVH.March1997.Bounds.pdf
[12] http://usleap.org/files/PVH.Feb97.Bounds.pdf