Tens of thousands of coffee growers will attempt to bring roads across Colombia to a standstill in February to demand the government step in to save their troubled industry, said…
Public service workers in Colombia’s capital Bogota have begun to strike in the early hours of Thursday claiming they have not been payed for six weeks, local media reported. Employees for Aguas…
Colombians going to work in 2013 found themselves earning 4.02% more than last year – but trade unions are not happy. After employers and unions again failed to reach an…
Colombia’s capital Bogota marched on Thursday for the “World Day for Decent Work,” organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in order to draw attention to the lack of what…
Colombian coal exports were expected to increase to 165,000 tons per day as a four-week strike by rail-workers ended Monday. On Monday, coal prices dropped sharply as exports from Colombia…
Colombia, the U.S. Labor Department and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) signed a pact on Monday to protect labor rights in Colombia. According to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the pact…
A group of employees and ex-employees of the Colombian branch of General Motors began a hunger strike in front of the U.S. embassy in Bogota Wednesday to protest the firing…
Inhabitants of Colombia’s northwestern department of Choco went on strike Wednesday to protest multinational miners’ increasing pressure on smaller-scale businesses which reportedly provide 80% of the department’s employment. Schools and shops…
Colombia’s unemployment rate reached 10% in June compared to 10.9% in the same month last year, Colombia’s national statistics agency DANE announced Tuesday. This was the lowest unemployment rate registered…