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Colombian Oil Palm Workers Under Fire
Tuesday 19 January 2010, 11am
Workers in Colombia are once again victims of armed violence for trying to exercise their right to join and be represented by a trade union. On January 14, armed gunmen entered the Palo Alto oil palm plantation, Ciénaga district, Magdelena, evicting 185 workers at gunpoint. The IUF-affiliated SINTRAINAGRO has called for solidarity action and protests. To learn more, and to send a message to the government of Colombia, go to
http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/187