USLEAP

For five years, USLEAP worked extensively to block a vote on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia, which was initally signed by both governments in late 2006. In October 2011, Congressional approval of the Colombia FTA came despite the failure to adequately implement a Labor Action Plan and the absence of any significant progress in ending impunity for violence against trade unionists. In May 2012, the Obama Administration implemented the Colombia FTA, prematurely giving up its best source of leverage to pressure the Colombian government to improve respect for worker rights. In 2016, the AFL-CIO filed a complaint against the government of Colombia for failing to comply with the FTA's labor rights chapter... Meanwhile, the proposed mega-trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would include Peru and Mexico, relies on the same failed labor enforcement mechanisms of these past agreements. USLEAP supports efforts to block the negotiation of more FTAs using this..

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