American flower firm Falcom Farms on Monday denied union claims that over 200 workers in southwest Colombia workers are on strike over back pay and accused the workers’ union of “creating unrest.”
According to agricultural workers union FENSUAGRO, 220 workers at the Falcon Farms site in Cajibio, in the department of Cauca, went on strike because they have not been paid since June 1st.
The union also claimed the Miami-based company had not met its commitments in making worker social security contributions and was “violating labor rights.”
In their report, FENSUAGRO say, “For these flower workers, it is more than their economic rights that the company is not meeting, there is a bigger worry and that is the abuse of power and authority.”
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