Coal union wants better deal from Cerrejon
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…
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…
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…
Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon on Monday called the country’s employers’ proposal to raise minimum wage with three per cent “very low and unfair.” Instead, the Vice President supported the…
The Polo Democratico political party requested Monday that the government investigate the murders of 29 social leaders that have been killed during the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos. Victims…
A guarantee judge in Bogota Tuesday charged former Vice President Francisco Santos and former presidential advisor Jose Obdulio Gaviria with libel. Santos and Obdulio Gaviria are being sued by three…
Unionists suing ex-government officials for defamatory statements are demanding that the former vice president and a former presidential adviser appear in court, newspaper El Espectador reported on Tuesday. Neither former…
A paramilitary jailed for his role in the 2001 murders of two Drummond coal company unionists reveals more detail about the crime to RCN Radio. Jairo de Jesus Charris Castro, alias “El Viejo…
The Colombian government on Friday promised to improve relations with the country’s trade unions and strengthen efforts to fight impunity for killers of unionists and human rights activists. Following a…
Coal workers in Colombia at the La Jagua mine of Glencore’s Prodeco unit have reached a two-year compensation deal with the company after a five-week walkout, union officials said on…