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...
Tag: labor action plan
Colombia-US Labor Action Plan led only to ‘cosmetic changes’: WOLA
The Labor Action Plan agreed upon by Colombia and the U.S. to improve labor rights in Colombia and decrease impunity for perpetrators of crimes against unionists has “only led to cosmetic changes,” said think tank...
’15 Colombian unionists murdered since Labor Action Plan took effect’
Fifteen union leaders have been murdered since the Labor Action Plan between the United States and Colombia went into effect in April 2011, said the largest U.S-based trade union federation in a letter to President Barack Obama....
Colombian unionists ‘gunned down in broad daylight’: US representative
One of the most vocal members of the U.S. Congress opposing the pending free trade agreement (FTA) has spoken out again against the violence in Colombia. Representative George Miller, the senior Democrat of the House Education...
Colombia violating FTA labor agreements through union reprisals: US Union
Vale Coal Colombia has been violating the Labor Action Plan between the United States and Colombia, a requisite of the pending free trade agreement, through threats and reprisals against unionists in the northern department of...
