Chicago, April 6: Peace in Colombia? What it means for workers and their unions

A talk by Nidia Quintero, General Secretary of FENSUAGRO, Colombia’s largest agricultural workers union.

Wednesday, April 6 at 7 PM – 9 PM
Come hear about rural workers and their families from Nidia Quintero, the General Secretary of FENSUAGRO, Colombia’s largest agricultural workers unions.

We are hopeful that the current peace process will end 50 years of war but Colombia is still the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist. Colombian activists need our solidarity to stop death squads from sabotaging the peace process.

Like nearly 6 million rural Colombians, Quintero comes from a farm family displaced by U.S. sponsored war. Fifteen of her fellow union organizers were assassinated between 2000 and 2004. Sadly, this includes her husband, a union leader, and her 19-year-old son, also an activist. In 2008 Nidia became FENSUAGRO’s Secretary for Rural Women, and in 2010 she was elected to FENSUAGRO’s executive committee before becoming General Secretary.

Quintero is encouraged by peace agreements that promise to return farmers to their lands and homes, along with infrastructure for new crops and markets. The peace must provide security for labor organizers. Nidia Quintero will talk about the hopes and dreams of rural workers and all workers in Colombia.

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Sponsored by (In formation): Alliance for Global Justice, Antiwar Committee Chicago, Colombia Action Network.