GM Workers Hunger Strike Leads to Negotiation
By Emily Schmitz

Bogota, Colombia — In neat, black hand-written letters is a homemade sign, posted outside the United States embassy, which reads: ASOTRECOL — protesting General Motors 373 days since August 1, 2011. It has counted each day the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL) has called this quiet street corner, seated just outside the main embassy entrance, home. For over a year, ex-GM workers have lived in this tiny, two-room hut, constructed of tents and plastic tarps. Plastic signs and banners plaster the walls, surrounding them on all sides. read more…