April 23, 2007

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Congressman Rahm Emmanuel, Chair, Democratic Caucus, House of Rep.
Congressman Charles Rangel, Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Bogotá, 19 de Abril de 2007

Señores

Congresswoman NANCY PELOSI,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Congressman CHARLES RANGEL,
Chair, Ways and Means Committee
Congressman SANDER LEVIN,

(open letter to US Congress, signed by hundreds of Colombia organizations)

Bogotá, April 19, 2007.

Congresswoman NANCY PELOSI,
Speaker of the House of Representatives

Congressman CHARLES RANGEL,

porJorge Enrique Robledo, Bogotá, 5 de abril de 2007

En la semana del 26 al 30 de marzo estuvimos en Washington con Iván Moreno Rojas, senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo (PDA), Apecides Alvis, Presidente de la Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia (CTC), y Boris Montes de Oca, Secretario General de la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT), entre otros dirigentes de las dos principales centrales obreras colombianas. Allí intercambiamos opiniones sobre el TLC con dirigentes de la AFL-CIO, la mayor organización sindical de Estados Unidos, congresistas del Partido Demócrata y Thomas Shannon, Secretario de Estado Adjunto para Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental.

by Jorge Enrique Robledo, Colombian Senator (PDA)

From March 26 to March 30, I visited Washington, DC, along with Iván Moreno Rojas, Senator of the Polo Democrático Alternativo (PDA-Alternative Democratic Party); Apecides Alvis, President of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia (CTC-Colombian Workers Confederation); Boris Montes de Oca, Secretary General of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT-Workers Unitary Central Union); and other leaders of the main Colombian trade union federations. We exchanged views about the Colombian Free Trade Agreement with leaders of the AFL-CIO, Democratic Party Congressional members, and Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

By Ian Swanson, The Hill, March 27, 2007

Organized labor is pressing the House Democratic Caucus to reject a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia no matter what changes the Bush administration agrees to make, and the message is resonating with senior Democrats.

For Immediate Release
March 12, 2007 Contact: Sonia Melendez
202) 225-5464; (202) 225-4573

Solis - Renegotiate Trade Agreements - Protect Environment Too

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), along with 26 of her colleagues in Congress, sent a letter to Rep. Charles Rangel, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Rep. Sander Levin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade asking them to pursuit a trade policy that reflects core Democratic values.

AFL-CIO Executive Council statement -- March 06, 2007, Las Vegas

U.S. trade policy today is barreling along down the wrong track, on a route littered with broken promises and missed opportunities, threatening to jump the rails altogether.

By Ian Swanson, The Hill, March 06, 2007

Freshman Democrats seeking a direct role in congressional trade policy have won a meeting this week with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.).

Febrero 17 de 2007

CARTA ABIERTA A LOS HONORABLES SENADORES Y CÁMARA DE REPRESENTANTES DE LO ESTADOS UNIDOS

Teniendo en cuenta su interés por conocer sobre el respeto por parte del gobierno de Colombia de los derechos humanos, de los trabajadores y de las libertades sindicales en la discusión que adelantan frente al Tratado de libre Comercio entre Colombia y Estados Unidos, les manifestamos que nuestra organización UNIÓN SINDICAL OBRERA DE LA INDUSTRIA DEL PETRÓLEO, U.S.O., afiliada a la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, ha sido objeto constantemente de una serie de agresiones que podemos resumir así: