Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Friday assigned the Minister of Labor to form a commission in order to address a union strike at Colombia’s most productive mine.
BACKGROUND: Colombia’s most productive coal mine mired in labor dispute
“No one wins, the country loses,” President Santos added. “You lose… because every day that passes [there are] forgone royalties and foregone incomes that for the most part go to social investment.”
Workers from the Sintracarbon coal miners union began a strike on Thursday to demand a compromise involving better pay, health and safety conditions with companies that operate Colombia’s Cerrejon coal mine.
“Since November 29th, when we handed over a list of demands to the company, this union has sought that Cerrejon Coal, owned by multinational companiessaid union representatives