Labour activists in Colombia, who often do their work as volunteers with threats to their lives and those of their families, simply wanted to go before the trade committee and give their points of view on 90% of the remaining labour movement in Colombia, not the government-affiliated labour movement but trade union activists who comprise 90% of the labour movement there.
Les activistes colombiens, qui travaillent souvent sans rémunération et au risque de leur vie et de celle des membres de leur famille, souhaitaient simplement comparaître devant le Comité du commerce international pour exprimer leur point de vue que partagent d'ailleurs 90 p. 100 des mouvements syndicaux colombiens, mis à part les syndicats affiliés au gouvernement.