At least 600 sugarcane harvesters in southwestern Colombia on Thursday reportedly went on strike to protest union persecution and mass layoffs. The lawyer for the Colombia Workers Confederation (CUT), Fabio Arias,…
Striking truckers have blocked a key transit route between Cali (Colombia’s third largest city) and the western port city of Buenaventura. Colombia’s truckers union (ACC) on Friday announced that they…
A strike at Colombia’s most productive mine in the northern Guajira department has so far not had the drastic effect on “the entire world,” predicted by the country’s president Juan Manuel…
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…
Colombia’s judicial branch continues to strike in demand of better wages and a larger budget as they march Friday in Bogota without the permission of the mayor. Nelson Cantillo, the…
The Vice President of Colombia has been authorized to mediate between the government and judicial workers to end a two-week long strike, reported local media Thursday. The decision to use…
Eleven days into a labor strike at Colombia’s main coal railway U.S.-based mining company Drummond canceled coal cargoes and announced it is running out of stocks. Drummond faces dwindling…
Tens of thousands of striking workers were joined by students in marching through the streets of cities across Colombia to demand the right to unionize, public health care and education…
Colombia’s main public sector union has accused the government of failing to uphold labor agreements and not respecting workers’ right to organize, as tens of thousands of workers prepare for…