Colombian labor rights leader to speak at WWU, Oct. 9

A Colombian labor rights organizer will be the featured speaker during a free presentation from noon to 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the Fairhaven College auditorium at Western Washington University.
Jhon Jairo Castro, president of the Buenaventura chapter of the Portworkers Union in Colombia, will present “No Longer Shackled by Chains but by our Economic Conditions: The Struggle for Trade, Labor and Racial Justice in Colombia’s Ports,” which is part of Fairhaven College’s World Issues Forum.