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Steelworkers warn Congress: Don’t back trade that hurts workers

June 24, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The Steelworkers have laid out, again, a detailed case against all three pending "free trade" agreements - with Colombia, Panama and South Korea - circulating on Capitol Hill.

Unions turn up the heat on Colombia trade

June 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Republicans poised to write draft legislation affirming the controversial trade pact between the U.S. and Colombia, labor stepped up its drive against the agreement.

Court says Colombian victims may sue Chiquita

June 9, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

It was, lawyer Paul Wolf observed, "One of the most detailed judicial opinions ever written in any U.S. human rights case."

Colombian court blocks witch-hunts

May 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The top court issued a writ of prohibition in the case of former Congressman Wilson Borja, ending investigation into allegations he had connections with the FARC.

Obama: No trade deals without help for workers

May 24, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The Obama administration tells congressional Republicans, biggest backers of so-called "free trade" treaties, they must restore trade aid for workers who lost their jobs to imports.