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Tell the DOJ to investigate Dole's ties to union violence

Started by Alan Haggard

Colombia remains the world's most dangerous place to be a trade unionist and U.S. multinational corporations such as Chiquita and Dole have been complicit in union violence. Tell the Department of Justice to investigate Dole Food Company for hiring paramilitaries to kill and intimidate its banana union leaders in Colombia.

President Obama recently hosted a White House meeting with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe to discuss security, development and trade. Following the meeting, Obama stated that Colombia must cooperate with the U.S. in "improving the rights of the trade unions and the efforts to protect union leaders." Urge the Administration to get serious about reducing trade union murders and hold U.S. corporations accountable for violence!

Write a letter now to urge the DOJ to investigate Dole's connections with paramilitaries:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/dolebanana/

Source: International Labor Rights Forum

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  1. Alisha Nickols

    Alisha Nickols Stockton, CA @ 05:07PM PT Jul 20
    Pledge fulfilled Jul 20!

    Pledge completed.

  2. r s

    r s holmen, WI @ 12:40AM PT Jul 18
    Pledge fulfilled Jul 18!

    Thank you for taking action on Tell the DOJ to investigate
    Dole's ties to union violence in Colombia! on behalf of
    International Labor Rights Forum. You can keep up with what we
    are doing at http://www.laborrights.org .

    Sincerely,
    International Labor Rights Forum

  3. B F

    B F Harmony, ME @ 12:24AM PT Jul 17
    Pledge fulfilled Jul 17!

    Thanx Alan, nice to see someone on top of things!

  4. stephanie Bass

    stephanie Bass prescott valley, AZ @ 07:15PM PT Jul 16

    Good Job Alan!

     

  5. Alan Haggard

    Alan Haggard San Diego, CA @ 05:57PM PT Jul 16

    Initiated this Pledge!

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