Colombian unions campaign against FTA

[Joanne98]

Source: workers.org

The Bush administration sent the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) it had negotiated with Colombia to Congress in early April for a fast-track vote, which would allow a 90-day period to vote on it with no possibility of making any amendment.

However, Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the House of Representatives is being credited in the media with refusing to put the bill on the floor, thus putting a freeze on it.

The postponement of a vote is just a temporary victory for Colombian workers. It is due primarily to the hard work of many Colombian trade unionists who have risked their lives visiting the United States to expose the crimes and violence against union leaders in their country. They have also hosted delegations of U.S. union leaders, other social activists and members of the U.S. Congress to show them firsthand the conditions in Colombia.



Read more: http://www.workers.org/2008/world/colombia_0424/