Colombia oil workers union victim of ‘series of threats’ and attacks
Colombia’s oil workers union said Tuesday that just this month two of its leaders have been attacked while another 11 received death threats.
Colombia’s oil workers union said Tuesday that just this month two of its leaders have been attacked while another 11 received death threats.
3,500 mechanics at Colombia’s biggest coals mines have reportedly gone on strike to demand better pay, health benefits, and education, reported news wire Reuters on Wednesday.
Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) is finishing preparations for the labor-union elections that will take place in early September, local media reported on Tuesday.
One of South America’s largest airlines, LAN, has reached an agreement to end the industrial action that was initiated earlier this month by some of their pilots over a dispute…
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…
According to the president of the General Labor Confederation (CGT), 64% of union member murders worldwide take place in Colombia. Speaking to Caracol Radio, Julio Roberto Gomez declared: “this is…
Domestic workers took a step towards labor equality with a new Colombian government mandate requiring employers to make mandatory social security contributions.
Hundreds of crimes against unionists, including murders and disappearances, during former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration have been asked to be investigated. Several entities including the European Center for Constitutional and Human…
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…