Aug 24, 2012 · They organized the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of GM Colombian — Asotrecol. The protest was held on Aug. 15 outside of GM world headquarters in downtown Detroit. The Ann Arbor-based Washtenaw Community Action Team and the rank-and-file United Autoworkers member group, Autoworkers Caravan, spearheaded the effort. ...

Oct 26, 2012 · Jorge Parra is president of the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of General Motors Colombia, known as Asotrecol. He was interviewed on Oct. 7 by WW reporter Martha Grevatt, a 25-year Chrysler worker. Parra and other members of Asotrecol had been on a hunger strike to get GM to meet with

Feb 11, 2014 · Out of the 68 members who formed ASOTRECOL in 2011, eight are holding steadfast and remain in the fight today. Employed an average of 8 years, they suffered debilitating injuries working 12-14 hours/day on an antiquated assembly line. 4-6 years ago GM devised illegal ways to get rid of them.

Mar 07, 2013 · People in Portland, the rest of the US, and Colombia are engaging in a series of one-day fasts in solidarity with the injured Colombian autoworkers association, ASOTRECOL. The workers got hurt on the job at General Motors and then kicked to the curb. Listen to the people who have fasted describe in their own words why they are taking a stand:

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ASOTRECOL stands in solidarity against anti-union “Right to Work” legislation being passed in Michigan. “The same story is being repeated here, how sad for the United States, it’s the beginning of the end…They put this same law into effect in the early ’90s in Colombia, and now it is practically a death sentence to demand that your ...

Oct 11, 2012 · For more than 14 months, members of Asotrecol — the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of GM Colombia — have occupied the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá. General Motors has fired more than 200 workers in recent years after they became incapacitated through workplace injuries.

Los impuestos de los trabajadores de EE.UU. no estaban destinados a ser utilizadas para violar los derechos de los trabajadores colombianos. GM hizo lo correcto en empezar las negociaciones con ASOTRECOL en agosto de 2012, pero no le ofreció a ASOTRECOL una solución adecuada. Su compañía debería volver con buena fe a las negociaciones. Sr.

Feb 18, 2014 · On the 77th anniversary of the Flint, Mich., sit-down strike in the U.S., fired GM workers in Colombia accelerate their struggle. After 930-plus days of occupation outside the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, injured workers fired by General Motors are stepping up their fight for basic justice. Day 925 came…

Aug 04, 2015 · Aug. 1 marked the four-year anniversary of the tent encampment outside the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, by Asotrecol, the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of GM Colmotores. Asotrecol began the occupation to protest the work practices at General Motors’ Colombian assembly plant. At that time, the U.S. government…

ASOTRECOL BEGS TO DIFFER. Q – WHY THE IMPASSE BETWEEN GENERAL MOTORS AND ASOTRECOL? A – One of the reasons for the impasse over ASOTRECOL’s grievances is that GM does not want to acknowledge the underlying documentation presented by ASOTRECOL backing up their claims. Both … GM Blames ASOTRECOL for the Impasse. ASOTRECOL …

Nov 07, 2013 · The workers of ASOTRECOL were fired from the GM plant in Colombia after suffering injuries–many permanent–and illness on the job. Their firings left them without severance pay and worker’s compensation insurance, clear violations of Colombian law. On August 2, 2011, some of the injured workers began camping out in front of the United ...

Date: Oct 4th 2015, 1-3pm | Fundraisers | News Jorge Parra, the leader of ASOTRECOL (Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of GM Columbia), is returning to Detroit. He and his fellow workers just completed 4 years of their encampment at the US embassy in Bogota, protesting GM’s criminal behavior towards its workers.