Colombia has signed a peace agreement, so why are trade unionists still being threatened and murdered?
25 October 2021

Colombia has signed a peace agreement, so why are trade unionists still being threatened and murdered?
The threats linked to trade union work in Colombia are so constant that trade unionists have grown accustomed to them. Today, the country’s trade unions are struggling to survive the violence of the present whilst appealing to the transitional justice system to end the impunity surrounding the violence of the past.Read the full article
By Juan David López Morales
Keywords
Human rights
, Collective bargaining, Health and safety, Violence, Arms and armed conflict, SDGs, Land rights, Trade unions, Criminal justice, Natural resources, History

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