Colombia’s President Santos appoints 2nd term cabinet
Juan Manuel Santos appointed seven new ministers on Monday, resulting in a U Party majority...
Tag: Ministry of Labor
1 in 10 minors in Colombia engaged in child labor
As the UN marks its annual World Day Against Child Labour, one in every ten children in Colombia...
Colombia Ministry of Labor condemns threats to president of National Workers Confederation
The Ministry of Labour issued a statement on Thursday rejecting and condemning ongoing threats...
Colombia Labor Ministry project seeks to curb child labor in mines
Colombia’s Ministry of Labor has created an alliance to combat child exploitation in Colombia’s...
US-Colombia Labor Action Plan is ‘useless and detrimental’: workers unions
The joint US-Colombian Labor Action Plan (LAP) to defend workers rights and improve labor...
Drummond workers back on the job amid controversial ruling
Some 10,000 direct and indirect employees of US-based Drummond Ltd. returned to regular activities...
You cannot strike, Colombia’s labor minister tells health workers
Colombia’s Labor Minister on Tuesday warned health workers who plan to join a national...
Colombia excluded from international labor ‘blacklist’
Colombia is no longer on the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) “blacklist” after the...
Rampant child labor keeps Colombian youth out of school
Government and educational leaders from across Latin America gathered in Bogota on Tuesday to come up with strategies to combat child labor, a problem on the rise in Colombia. In 2012, a survey of over 100 thousand children from...
Sexual trafficking under-reported in Colombia: US
Colombia’s ministry of labor and the United Nations on Tuesday signed an agreement to combat labor exploitation leaving internal sexual trafficking unaddressed. “The issue of trafficking has to do with sexual...
Colombia govt unveils bold support measures for abused women
The Colombian government on Thursday announced strong new measures to support women who have been the victims of violence. The two new decrees, tax breaks for companies that employ victims and increased financial support for...
Soccer president calls players prostitutes, prompts investigation
Colombia’s ministry of labor has launched an investigation into the union rights of soccer players after the scandalous remarks made by the president of the Itagui soccer club. In an assembly of the Major Division of...
