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 strike in the coming week that laying down their work would be against the law.
Colombia’s Labor Minister on Tuesday warned health workers who plan to join a national strike in the coming week that laying down their work would be against the law.
Colombia’s new program designed to deliver subsidies directly to coffee farmers went into effect Monday, but that might not be enough to ward off the second national industry strike this…
The Colombian government has failed to reach an agreement with miners who went on strike claiming the authorities, local media reported Friday.
Indefinite strikes brought coal mining operations of Alabama-based multinational Drummond Co. to a halt on Tuesday in the north of Colombia, further putting pressure on the country’s economy already facing…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday said the government will be launching a humanitarian offensive to help those affected by protests in the northeast of the country.
Despite being the world’s fourth largest coffee producing country, 80% of the coffee consumed within Colombia was imported in 2012. Colombia’s National Department of Statistics (DANE) confirmed that Colombia imported…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday urged Colombians not to be manipulated and used in strikes that have been occurring throughout the country. “There is a deliberate action to promote…
Government plans for a change in the regulatory system for truckers has drawn criticism from Senator Plinio Olano, who said the new scheme could facilitate drug trafficking, reports El Espectador.…
Buses in the western Colombian city of Cali are at a stand still for the second consecutive day due to driver strikes, reported Colombian media. The strike, which began Wednesday,…