Speaking in support of a motion on Colombia, Unite delegate Tommy Murphy highlighted the severe crisis around human rights in the country as well as the slow implementation of the peace agreement….Read more…
Delegates discuss international concerns
Conference hears of treatment of the Palestinian people, plus the plight of LGBT workers in Colombia, Turkey and Jamaica
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Colombian trade union leader free at last
Three and a half years ago, Colombian agriculture union leader Huber Ballesteros was on his way to the British Embassy in Bogota to collect his visa to visit the UK to speak at the 2013 TUC Congress….Read more…
Justice for Colombia
Theresa May should use her freshly renewed ties with Colombia’s president to aid the fragile peace process and help secure the release of political prisoners in the South American nation, said a…Read more…
Action not words
How many more emergency motions on Colombia do we need before the tragedy in Colombia is resolved? This was the unsettling question Unite delegate and cab driver Jim Kelly posed to Congress on…Read more…
Colombia still needs human rights monitoring despite peace deal
UNISON calls for renewed pressure on right-wing paramilitary groups, as the peace process moves towards a referendum
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Stop the death threats to Colombian trade unionists now!
I wrote with some optimism a few days ago about Colombia’s impending peace deal that would seek ratification in a referendum in September. This historic cease-fire agreement was signed on 23 June by…Read more…
Peace deal brings hope to trade unionists in Colombia
Colombia is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a trade unionist. It has become a murder capital for trade union activists and continues to feature prominently on the International…Read more…
Letter of support for Colombian national strike
From Lilian Macer, Convener, UNISON Scotland and Clare Williams, Convener, UNISON Northern, Paula Barker, Convener, UNISON North West
President of the Republic of Colombia
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Casa de Nariño – Carrera 8 No.7-26
Bogotá – Colombia
Friday, 27 May 2016
Dear President Santos,
We are writing to express our support and solidarity with the Colombian peoples who have comeRead more…
UNISON urges Colombia to protect activists from paramilitaries
More than 500 Colombian trade unionists and human rights campaigners murdered in the past five years as threat increases
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Colombia’s bloody peace process
It is a bitter irony that given Colombia is engaged in a peace process the number of politically motivated killings has increased of late In the period 21 February 2016 to 18 March 2016 a total of 30…Read more…
Colombia needs our solidarity! 7.30 21 April Edinburgh
7.30 pm Thursday 21 April White Horse bar, 266 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8AA with Lilian Macer, Convenor of UNISON Scottish Council reporting on her visit to the country and her meetings with trade unionists, human rights activists, politicians and the mothers of young victims of extrajudicial killings by the army. She will also report on the peace process between the Colombian government andRead more…
STUC backs UNISON’s call for Fair Work, Equalities and Human Rights
#STUC2016 UNISON Scotland convener Lilian Macer won STUC Congress support for UNISON’s call for a campaign against the repeal of the Human Rights Act. See all STUC reports here
The motion condemned the UK Government for its many direct and indirect attacks on human rights, including the Trade Union Bill, the proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act and its failure to implement its equality andRead more…
Colombian coal miners celebrate victory at Cerrejón
After 62 days of difficult negotiations, the Colombian coal workers’ union Sintracarbón has reached an agreement at Cerrejón that recognizes the contribution made day in and day out by the 13,000…Read more…
UNISON takes the ‘route of shame’ in defence of workers’ rights
The union marks Human Rights Day by targeting countries that are the ‘worst’ abusers of trade union rights
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Glencore: unions protest at mining multinational’s misdemeanours
This week Unite will be joined by representatives of the United Steelworkers from the USA who have been locked out by their company Sherwin Alumina, in Gregory, Texas. Their company is owned by…Read more…