Positive end to Colombian sugar cane cutters’ strike

The President of Valle del Cauca CUT(Central Unitaria de Trabajadores), Alvaro Vega, has thanked Unison for its financial support for striking sugar cane cutters in Valle del Cauca, Southwest Colombia. “Unisons support was vital in sustaining the strike and enabling us to take food hampers to the corteros and their families in the Maria Luisa sugar refinery.
This is the last refinery still on strike, and the families are really struggling. We were able to delivery a hamper to all of the families through your generousity’.
After 70 days on strike, sugar cane cutters in Valle del Cauca, Southwest Colombia, were edging closer to agreements this week, bringing a truce to a conflict which paralyzed the Colombian sugar industry and marked the beginning of 2 months of civil protests and strikes across the country.