Colombia national teachers union launches indefinite strike
Schools throughout the country are closed as teachers represented by Colombia’s Federation of Educators (FECODE) walked out on indefinite strike Wednesday morning.
Schools throughout the country are closed as teachers represented by Colombia’s Federation of Educators (FECODE) walked out on indefinite strike Wednesday morning.
Colombia’s Ministers of Interior, Agriculture and Finance presented a new financial plan for the agrarian sector on Tuesday, barely a week before nation-wide strikes are due to start.
Rice growers announced that they will go on indefinite national strike Thursday, aiming to block highways around the capital, Bogota, local media reported on Wednesday morning.
Colombia’s Avianca airline giant has two weeks to reach an agreement with its pilots or face possible strike action, reported local media on Wednesday morning.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos ordered his ministers to continue talks with agricultural representatives after Monday saw mass demonstrations by farmers grip the country’s capital Bogota.
A union-led work stoppage at one of Colombia’s largest oil refineries, located in the northern city of Cartagena, has ended after a wage agreement was struck just three days after…
Councilors across Colombia will strike in September because the government has failed to enact promised measures relating to security.
Employees of the National University in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, on Monday reached an agreement with the government to end a strike that has kept nearly 30,000 students out of the…
Rice farmers said on Tuesday that the government must respond urgently to prevent a strike on March 19. The governor of Tolima, Luis Carlos Delgado Peñon, and several government…