The Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) is a Colombian association whose stated goal is to protect the rights of GM workers and ex-workers and to denounce rights abuses allegedly committed by GM in Colombia.^[1]

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ASOTRECOL is a group of 68 current and former workers at GM Colmotores, GM's Colombian subsidiary, which formed on May 19, 2011. ASOTRECOL set up a shelter in front of the U.S. Embassy in Colombia's capital, Bogotá, on August 2, 2011. After a year of peaceful protest, several members sewed their mouths closed^[2] and initiated a hunger strike on August 1, 2012.^[3] The association's members were fired by GM after they incurred injuries while working at its Bogotá plant and received no medical benefits or severance. They are seeking a solution with GM Colmotores that would include compensation for medical costs and reintegration into GM's workforce.^[4]

ASOTRECOL has received widespread support from civil society groups within Colombia and across the United States. Labor unions and organizations, including the AFL-CIO,^[10] United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers, Labor Notes,^[11] and U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project, have all issued statements in solidarity with ASOTRECOL. Human rights organizations, such as Witness for Peace,^[12] the Washington Office on Latin America,^[13] the Latin America Working Group,^[14] have also expressed support for ASOTRECOL and advocated for a resolution to its case.

People across the United States have shown support for ASOTRECOL by fasting in solidarity with the hunger strikers or by holding protests.^{[citation needed]}