Colombia’s unemployment rate in the first trimester of 2014 stood at 10.5%, according to the Colombian tax agency (DIAN), a relatively low level for the country. Still, more than half…
The nearly three-year-old US-Colombia Labor Action Plan (LAP) has not only failed to alleviate serious labor problems in the country, but has allowed the situation to “worsen,” United States Representatives George…
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…
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…
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…
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…