{"id":223,"date":"2016-09-19T15:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.iamaw.ca\/v3\/?p=223"},"modified":"2017-01-10T19:04:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T00:04:57","slug":"colombian-trade-unions-back-peace-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/demo.iamaw.ca\/v3\/2016\/09\/19\/colombian-trade-unions-back-peace-accord\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Trade Unions Back Peace Accord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/demo.iamaw.ca\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Columbia_Story.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/demo.iamaw.ca\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Columbia_Story.jpg 600w, http:\/\/demo.iamaw.ca\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Columbia_Story-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\">Colombia\u2019s three trade union centres CGT, CTC and CUT have given strong backing to a \u201cYes\u201d vote in the upcoming plebiscite on the peace accord to end decades of civil conflict in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"node-2380\" class=\"node node-international-news clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div>A joint event organised by the three union centres in Medell\u00edn on 15 September, attended by 5,000 people, gave a strong endorsement to the Accord. Uruguayan Senator and former President Jos\u00e9 \u201cPepe\u201d Mujica addressed the event, along with the Presidents of the three organisations, TUCA General Secretary V\u00edctor B\u00e1ez and ITUC Deputy General Secretary Jaap Wienen.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cGenerations of Colombians have known no peace,\u201d said Mujica, adding that \u201cthe war should be on poverty and hunger.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Baez described the Medell\u00edn event as the \u201cmajor political act in favour of a yes vote do date, demonstrating that unions internationally and nationally defend peace as a matter of principle.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wienen spoke of the importance of the unified position of the three trade union centres in organising the event, and in the campaign for a yes vote. \u201cHaving suffered and sacrificed so much, and having lost so many colleagues, the unions deserve great merit for being prepared to play a crucial role in the implementation of the Peace Accord.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The plebiscite is expected to take place on 2 October.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(From the ITUC website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ituc-csi.org\/colombian-trade-unions-back-peace\">http:\/\/www.ituc-csi.org\/colombian-trade-unions-back-peace<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Colombian Trade Unions Back Peace Accord\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombia\u2019s three trade union centres CGT, CTC and CUT have given strong backing to a \u201cYes\u201d vote in the upcoming plebiscite on the peace accord to end decades of civil conflict in the country. 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