Workers Uniting protests at the killing of Colombian trade unionists
Jan 30, 2012 – Alex Ivanou
Workers Uniting protests at the killing of Colombian trade unionists
In a letter to the president of Colombia, the USW and Unite trade unions call for an investigation into the brutal killings of Mauricio Redondo (USO) and Víctor Manuel Hilarion (SINTRAPAZ).
COLOMBIA: The new transatlantic trade union, Workers Uniting, formed by the USW (Canada and United Sates) and Unite (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland) has written to the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, to protest at the recent killing of Colombian trade unionists.
The letter highlights two cases. First, Mauricio Redondo, leader of the oil workers’ union, USO, killed on January 17, along with his wife, leaving five children. Second, Víctor Manuel Hilarion Palacios, an agricultural workers’ union leader, disappeared on January 9 while travelling to an event near Río Nevado. His body was taken to the CTI (part of the Public Prosecutor’s Office) in the town of Villavicencio. Soldiers claimed he was killed in cross-fire but family and colleagues who saw the body said it bore visible signs of torture.
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