CPTnet
5 May 2006

COLOMBIA: Barrancabermeja marches for workers' rights

Representatives from unions, human rights and social organizations gathered
in a soccer field 1 May to celebrate International Workers' Day, and to
remember all of those who have fallen in the struggle for the right to
dignified work, and other human rights.

The construction of a "Book of Life" began the ecumenical action. Unions,
organizations and parishes contributed pages to the book, naming members of
their communities murdered because they struggled for justice. The
teacher's union highlighted fifteen educators killed in the last four
months. Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia added names from the Op