Colombia, the U.S. Labor Department and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) signed a pact on Monday to protect labor rights in Colombia. According to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the pact…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said Thursday violence against Colombia’s worker’s union members has decreased “significantly” in recent years. “We have increased measures to fight violence against trade unionists and if…
A group of employees and ex-employees of the Colombian branch of General Motors began a hunger strike in front of the U.S. embassy in Bogota Wednesday to protest the firing…
Colombia has not fully complied with the Labor Action Plan agreed to with the U.S. in the lead up to the Free Trade Agreement, said U.S. labor union federation AFL-CIO…
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and her Colombian counterpart Rafael Pardo signed a cooperative agreement Wednesday in order to strengthen labor inspections infrastructure and information sharing between the two countries.…
Thirty docking companies in Colombia’s Pacific port of Buenaventura were fined over $170,000 by the Ministry of Labor for violating workers’ rights, Colombian media reported Friday. An inspection found that…
Two Colombian union leaders have received death threats from the Aguilas Negras neoparamilitary group, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) said Monday. According to WOLA, the President and Vice-President…
The United States Congress has announced plans to monitor labor rights in Colombia during the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement, amid internal dissent after the agreement was finalized on April…
Five representatives from the U.S. Congress sent a letter to Colombia’s Labor Minister, Rafael Pardo, to ask about the country’s overall progress in meeting the requirements of the labor action…