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Article

30 Aug 2012

Author:
Austin Robles, Witness for Peace and CIP Americas [US]

Colombian Ex-Workers suspend hunger strike as mediation begins with General Motors

Jorge Parra…signed an agreement with General Motors on behalf of the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores (Asotrecol) that outlined a framework for mediation between each party…Still, they knew that they had only agreed to a process for mediation and had not yet reached a settlement...Asotrecol members claimed that GM Colmotores, Colombian government agencies, and health insurance providers were manipulating or falsifying workers’ medical records to erase evidence of work-related injuries …General Motors has denied all allegations of illegal or improper conduct...[It also refers to Colpatria]