Show: Labor Express for 1-19-2019, John Ocampo, UE Organizer, discusses recent protests in Colombia.

This is the full 1-19-2019 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.

John Ocampo, union organizer with UE (United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America) and member of the board of directors of the Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) and US Labor Against the War (USLAW) reports back from a recent labor delegation to Colombia.  Colombia is currently experiencing the most significant wave of street protests the nation has seen in decades with Colombians fed up with the right wing government of Iván Duque.  Ocampo provides a brief but comprehensive overview of recent Colombian history that has set the stage for the recent protests.

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