Colombia’s February unemployment rate was up 0.2% compared to the same month last year, government statistics agency DANE announced Thursday. This means a total of 2.8 million Colombians were unemployed…
Over the past weeks, there has been a lot of discussion and criticism about Angelino Garzon’s role in Colombian affairs because of his commitment to the working class and labor…
The president of the Colombian Truckers Association (ACC) said he will meet with the Transport Minister Tuesday afternoon to discuss ending the trucker strike. Caracol Radio reported Tuesday that Pedro…
Colombian union officials said on Monday that the country’s top coal exporter, Cerrejon, had two more days to offer a better compensation deal for workers or members would vote on…
Colombia’s government Tuesday reset its annual minimum wage increase, changing it to a 4.0 percent hike rather than 3.4 percent after labor unions complained that higher-than-expected inflation data rendered the…
Former employees of Colombian airliner AeroCondor threaten to kill themselves if they don’t get paid their pensions, 20 years after the airliner’s bankruptcy, a local newspaper reported Sunday. According to…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is considering raising minimum wage for 2011 by four percent, 0.6 percentage points more than announced late December. According to a press release on the…
An employee for Kraft Foods Inc.’s local unit in Colombia was killed by a gunman on a motorcycle, said the local labor union, which is calling for an investigation because…
The Colombian government issued a decree raising the country’s minimum wage by 3.4 percent after employers and unions weren’t able to find a compromise. The 3.4% or increase means the…