Colombia And US Forge Trade Deal Against Backdrop of Anti-Union Violence http://www.innworldreport.net/inn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4099%3Acolombia-and-us-forge-trade-deal-against-backdrop-of-anti-union-violence&catid=36%3Ainternational&Itemid=1&lang=en

3,800 union leaders and activists have been assassinated in .. Columbia since the mid-1980s and numerous US corporations including Coca-Cola have forged links with right-wing paramilitary outfits who’ve been responsible for most of the violence.Trumka says 51 union organizers were killed in Colombia last year, adding he doubts the agreement would still be alive if 51 CEOs had been killed.