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\u201cThe Colombian government could make any promise to secure this trade agreement.\u00a0 Until they actually fulfill those promises, we should not committee to a trade agreement with Colombia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 International Brotherhood of Teamsters<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>April 7, 2011
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRecent killings put into grave doubt whether the Colombian government and its military are truly prepared to reform as the Administration presumes.\u00a0 The fact is, despite the newly negotiated \u2018Action Plan,\u2019 the situation in Colombia has not changed, and therefore, should not be rewarded with a Free Trade Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 United Steelworkers<\/a><\/strong>, April 7, 2011
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c85% of working Colombians are misclassified as contractors and \u2018cooperativos.\u2019\u00a0 These millions of workers don\u2019t have bargaining rights\u2026 CWA will continue its work with telephone workers, public workers, journalists and others who are fighting for employee status and a voice in their workplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Communications Workers of America<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 7, 2011
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIn our view, the situation in Colombia remains unacceptably violent for trade unionists, as well as for human rights defenders and other vulnerable populations\u2026 We have no doubt that if 51 CEOs had been murdered in Colombia last year, this deal would be on a very slow track indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 AFL-CIO<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 6, 2011
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIn Colombia, more trade unionists are murdered than anywhere else in the world and the perpetrators are very rarely brought to justice\u2026 [T]his agreement is not sufficient to ensure that these atrocities will cease and that the Colombian government will protect workers who wish to form a union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Service Employees International Union<\/a>,<\/strong> April 8, 2011
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe could see the same shocking numbers of murders of trade unionists when the FTA is implemented, and there\u2019s nothing in this agreement or the accord itself that would stop it from going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Latin America Working Group<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 7, 2011
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\u201cDespite recent efforts by the Government of Colombia to demonstrate that progress has been made, Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, campesino and workers rights organizations tell a very different story. \u00a0Violence and intimidation are used to maintain large-scale economic projects by forcibly displacing communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 TransAfrica Forum<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 8, 2011
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\u201cThe plan endorsed yesterday by the Administration falls far short of President Obama\u2019s promise of a \u2018smart, fair and strong\u2019 trade policy and does not achieve the goal of fair and safe working conditions for Colombian workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sierra Club<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 8, 2011
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\u201c[T]oday\u2019s commitments, while very important in some areas, avoid an issue at the heart of the problem: the continued operation of the powerful armed groups behind the bulk of anti-union violence and other abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Human Rights Watch<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 7, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Administration\u2019s \u2018Action Plan\u2019 agreement with the Colombian government does not do enough to protect workers\u2019 rights and fails to address broad human rights concerns.\u00a0 Given the history of unfulfilled promises and unimplemented commitments in Colombia, we insist that real, substantial, and lasting improvements in conditions on the ground are necessary before a trade agreement can be approved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>April 15, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018action plan\u2019 being sold as a means to improve Colombia\u2019s horrific labor rights conditions is in fact a remarkably cynical maneuver to facilitate passage of yet another leftover NAFTA-style Free Trade Agreement\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Public Citizen\u2019s Global Trade Watch<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> April 7, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

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