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On Friday, November 18, death threats were sent to three members of the coalition working to protect the labor rights of Colombia’s  childcare workers represented by UNICARE affiliate Sintracihobi .

UNI Americas and UNICARE call on the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) and the Colombian Ministry for Labor to protect the workers of Sintracihobi regarding the death threats they received.

Juan David Gomez, an attorney with Colombian Senator Alexander Lopez’ legislative team, and Daniel Marin, a union attorney at Mantilla, Marin y Alvarez, received separate text messages  in which they were informed they would be dismembered if they continued working in the Bogota area. The only connection between these two professionals is their work with Sintracihobi, where they collaborate to defend labor rights and quality services in the childcare programs run by the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare. Andres Leon, a staff member at Sintracihobi who works closely with Marin and Gomez, also received an anonymous phone call intimidating and insulting him in a similar manner.

"We categorically condemn these threats and acts of intimidation against those who defend workers' rights," said Adriana Rosenzvaig, UNI Americas Regional Secretary. " She concludes: "We demand the Colombian government to watch over the safety and physical integrity of union representatives."