The National Union of Food Industry Workers (, SINALTRAINAL) is a Colombian

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. The group has repeatedly tried to form unions in Colombia for workers of

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, a Colombian

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bottling company, and have documentation of many members or leaders being murdered, kidnapped, and tortured by

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groups such as the AUC in order to prevent unionization.

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(AI) report 27 August 2003 - fear for safety of SINALTRAINAL vice-president Juan Carlos Galvis *

AI report 23 September 2005 - fear for safety of SINALTRAINAL member José Onofre Esquivel Luna

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Archived SINALTRAINAL Website
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