Situation Of Trade Unions In Colombia

EDM number 321 in 2000-01, proposed by Eddie McGrady on 09/02/2001.

That this House notes with concern that Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a trade unionist; notes that 1,336 officials were killed in the last decade on the grounds of their trade union affiliation, 90 were killed last year, and the trade union centre Central Unitaria Trabajadores has seen 3,000 members killed since its inception; further notes the serious danger faced by trade unionists such as Alexander Lopez, President of the Cali Municipal Workers Union, who has had three attempts made on his life for carrying out his representative duties; notes this violence is perpetuated by paramilitary organisations aided sometimes openly by the armed forced and that it forms part of a wider scheme of human rights abuses which have caused misery and impoverishment; believes trade unions to be an essential mechanism through which ordinary people can lift themselves out of poverty and express themselves in a democratic manner; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to make urgent representations to the Colombian Government to more adequately protect trade unionists, to take more effective measures to tackle paramilitary impunity and to ensure that all aid packages towards which the Government contributes do not support the armed forces at the expense of trade unionists.

This motion has been signed by a total of 97 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eddie McGrady	09/02/2001	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Proposed
Simon Thomas	12/02/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John McFall	12/02/2001	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McDonnell	12/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	12/02/2001	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Robertson	12/02/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	13/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	13/02/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/02/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	13/02/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	13/02/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/02/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/02/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/02/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/02/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/02/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	13/02/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	13/02/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	13/02/2001	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	13/02/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	14/02/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Austin	14/02/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	14/02/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Fyfe	14/02/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	14/02/2001	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Terry Davis	14/02/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	14/02/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/02/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	14/02/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/02/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	14/02/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	15/02/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/02/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/02/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/02/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	15/02/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	26/02/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
George Galloway	26/02/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Ron Davies	26/02/2001	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	26/02/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	26/02/2001	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	26/02/2001	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	26/02/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	26/02/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	27/02/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Stunell	27/02/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	27/02/2001	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	27/02/2001	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/02/2001	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/02/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	27/02/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	27/02/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/02/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/02/2001	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/02/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	28/02/2001	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	28/02/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	28/02/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	28/02/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	28/02/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	28/02/2001	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	01/03/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	01/03/2001	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	01/03/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	01/03/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	01/03/2001	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Phil Sawford	01/03/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/03/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	05/03/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/03/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	05/03/2001	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	05/03/2001	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Stewart	06/03/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	07/03/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	07/03/2001	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/03/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	08/03/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	08/03/2001	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	09/03/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	09/03/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy King	09/03/2001	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	15/03/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	19/03/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	21/03/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	22/03/2001	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	26/03/2001	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/03/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	28/03/2001	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	04/04/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	10/04/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	10/05/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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