Labor unions dismiss 'significant improvement' in Colombia's labor rights .
Labor unions dismiss 'significant improvement' in Colombia's labor rights .
Friday, 10 August 2012 11:02 Joey O'Gorman
International labor unions on Thursday dismissed a recent statement by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) saying Colombia's labor rights situation has improved "significantly."
According to the unions, "this assessment illustrates an apparent lack of understanding for the reality on the ground."
Workers Uniting, an organization comprised of labor unions from the U.S., the U.K., and Ireland, said in an open letter that it welcomed a pact signed by Colombia, the U.S. Labor Department and the ILO to "ratify" joint efforts to minimize and prosecute crimes committed against labor unions.
“The self-congratulations of these signatories comes just as Colombia was again declared the most dangerous country in the world to be a trade unionist by the International Trade Union Confederation, which reported 29 Colombian unionists killed in 2011, ” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard in the letter.
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