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Miriam Wells

Miriam Wells is a British freelance journalist based in MedellÃn.

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December 10, 2017

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“We Are Prepared to Die”: Workers in Colombia at General Motors Plant Sew Their Mouths Shut to Protest Backbreaking Labor Conditions

Instead of providing medical care and changing the work patterns of injured employees, General Motors fires them.

By: Miriam Wells ,; AlterNet

August 16, 2012

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