Workers at Colombia’s main coal railway go on strike
Laborers at Colombia’s main coal railway went on strike on Monday over pay and working conditions, the company and a senior union official said, threatening to paralyze more than one-half…
Laborers at Colombia’s main coal railway went on strike on Monday over pay and working conditions, the company and a senior union official said, threatening to paralyze more than one-half…
After a round of hurried negotiations Wednesday, Bogota reached a consensus with the city’s transportation union, avoiding a mass strike in the capital. Talks between local government officials and the…
Public transport operators in Bogota will strike on Monday, July 23, in response to a law that prohibits drivers from using their vehicles on certain days. The Association of Small…
Coal workers on Saturday have voted to strike over pay and working conditions at the 3-million-tonne-per-year La Jagua mine of Glencore’s Prodeco unit in northern Colombia, a union said. Colombia…
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and her Colombian counterpart Rafael Pardo signed a cooperative agreement Wednesday in order to strengthen labor inspections infrastructure and information sharing between the two countries.…
Colombia’s Vice President, Angelino Garzon, on Monday lost in semi-final election for the presidency of the International Labour Organisation. Garzon entered the fourth round of voting on Monday to become…
Gunmen killed one victim and wounded four others during an assassination attempt against a labor organizer in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city, on Wednesday. According to local media, assassins arrived…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that over 1.5 million jobs have been created in the last 20 months, according to a statement on the presidential website. In the…
The Colombian government has announced plans to lower the price of internet and computers by 50% each year. The country’s Minister for Information and Communications, Diego Molano, said the government wanted…