Colombia using ‘intimidation and terror’ to quell anti-government protests
Colombia’s largest labor union accused the government of President Ivan Duque on Wednesday...
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Colombia labor union demands govt protection after chemical attack on member
Colombia’s Central Union of Workers (CUT) has demanded constitutional guarantees for the...
Un vs under-employed: A look at Colombia’s massive informal labor sector
Colombia’s unemployment rate in the first trimester of 2014 stood at 10.5%, according to the...
US-Colombia Labor Action Plan is ‘useless and detrimental’: workers unions
The joint US-Colombian Labor Action Plan (LAP) to defend workers rights and improve labor...
New noise protests planned for Wednesday: Colombia Labor Union
Colombia’s largest labor union CUT said on Monday that it will be working with students and...
Colombia’s largest union calls for protests in support of strikes
On Wednesday, Colombia’s largest labor union declared Thursday a national day of protest in...
Colombia union president survives assassination attempt
The president of one of Colombia’s largest unions on Sunday survived an assassination attempt in the country’s third largest city, Cali. According to Colombia’s Interior Ministry, Luis Miguel Morantes, the president...
Colombia union denounces FTA while attacks on unionists continue
The Colombian government continues to ignore major human rights violations, raising serious doubts about Colombia’s readiness for free trade agreements, claimed Colombia’s largest trade union on Wednesday. “We...
Colombia’s biggest union a military target: Drug gang
The Colombian drug trafficking organization, “Los Rastrojos,” declared that Colombia’s largest union and its members will be considered “military targets,” local media reported on Tuesday. The...
Colombia’s FTA with EU will be one-sided: Union President
The president of Colombia’s Confederation of Workers [CUT] on Wednesday said “it is regrettable that the Government feels satisfaction with the ratification of the FTA with the European Union.” According to...
Colombian trade union hails Briton’s ILO presidency
Colombia’s largest labor union has cheered the election of Briton Guy Ryder as the new head of the United Nations workers’ rights organization on Tuesday. Colombia’s Confederation of Workers’ (CUT)...
Colombia’s Workers’ Confederation replaces president
Colombia’s Workers’ Confederation (CUT) has chosen a new president after ousting the previous leader, Colombian media reported Tuesday. The previous president Tarcisio Mora, who had been in office for four years,...
