Colombia - Another palm trade unionist murdered

The National Executive of the Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Agropecuaria (SINTRAINAGRO) has denounced the murder, on 9 May 2014, of Tomás Rodríguez Cantillo, of the workers’ and negotiating committee at the Candelaria y Arrocera palm plantation owned by Emma Perfecta Lacouture. The murder was committed amid efforts by workers belonging to SINTRAINAGRO to move forward with the negotiation of their collective bargaining proposals.