Mike Michaud: “I think it is highly offensive that the Bush administration would even negotiate with a country that is infamous for the…”

“I think it is highly offensive that the Bush administration would even negotiate with a country that is infamous for the highest rate of trade unionist assassinations. More than 2,000 labor union activists have been murdered in Colombia since 1990; 60 assassinated in 2006 alone. I think that is just unconscionable. I agree with Congressman Sandy Levin when he says that we have to look at these flawed models that are out there. These side agreements that people are talking about, they are not going to work. They don't have the force of law. I think we definitely have a long ways to go before we have trade deals that I can support.”