Sindicalista:SINTRAIME Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria Metalmecánica, Metálica, Metalúrgica y Siderúrgica
Fecha:2006-01-21
Tipo Victima:Asesinato
Departamento:D.c.
Municipio:Bogotá
Presuntos responsables:
1. Sin información
Hechos
El 21 de enero de 2006 en Bogotá, D.C., fue asesinado JORGE ABRIL PARRA, afiliado al Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria Metalmecánica, Metálica, Metalúrgica y Siderúrgica (SINTRAIME) (1).
Jorge Abril Parra, who was shot twice in the head last year on his way to work at “Tapas La Libertad,” a metal caps and bottling plant owned by one of Colombia’s biggest conglomerates. Parra had survived a previous murder attempt but the company ignored requests from the Sintraime metal workers’ union that he be transferred, said union president Felix Herrera. A few months after Parra’s murder, 25 frightened co-workers - all union members - accepted a company retirement offer. Although there is no evidence linking Parra’s employer to his murder, Herrera said “there’s no doubt the company took advantage of his death to defeat the union.” A spokeswoman for Tapas La Libertad did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment (2).
Fuentes:
1. OIT Organizacion Internacional del Trabajo
2. Union Organizing can be deadly in Colombia - www.peoplesworld.org
