[Stewart in Colombia] Join CPT Colombia's May 2014 Organized Labour Delegation

[Stewart Vriesinga]

Colombia continues to be considered the most dangerous place on earth to be a trade unionist.

Join CPT Colombia's May 2014 Organized Labour Delegation

Our May delegation should be especially appealing to those involved in organized labour. Colombia continues to be considered the most dangerous place on earth to be a trade unionist. Participants in this delegation will meet with public and private sector union leaders, as well as organized informal sector self-employed workers. Activists in all three groups are threatened because of their efforts to protect workers rights and their livelihoods.

Participants will also spend some time in north-east Antioquia, the state/province hardest hit, where they will be hosted by our grass-roots partner human rights organization CAHUCOPANA, and learn about their grass-roots struggle to promote and defend the human rights of campesino farmers, artisanal miners, and organized labour.

Participants will also learn of how Colombian and North American workers rights are adversely impacted by Canadian and US Free Trade Agreements with Colombia.

Apply now! Share this information with your coworkers! Help protect your own jobs and stop the race to the bottom through the brutal repression of the rights of Colombian and other workers in the global workforce. Get your own labour union involved by sponsoring representatives for this delegation.

Help us promote this delegation by downloading, printing, and posting posters at your place of work, play, recreation, or worship: 

• Promotion Poster One
• Promotion Poster Two

(The posters can be printed in Black and White if you do not have access to a colour printer)

When: May 17^th to 31^st, 2014

How to Apply:

Find the application at http://cpt.org/work/colombia .  Scroll

down and click on “Colombia Delegation Sat, 05/17/2014”

and follow the links.

For more information email: deleg...@cpt.org 

Apply early because space is limited!