‘Colombian labor unionists behind Danish FARC shirts’
Colombian union leaders told U.S. officials that fellow unionists were promoting and raising funds for the FARC and the ELN through the sales of controversial t-shirts in Denmark, newspaper El…
Colombian union leaders told U.S. officials that fellow unionists were promoting and raising funds for the FARC and the ELN through the sales of controversial t-shirts in Denmark, newspaper El…
A group of 18 miners from the Norte de Santander department chained themselves in a Bogota square in protest of poor labor conditions and health care in the northeast Colombian…
The International Confederation of Trade Unionists (CIS) reported 55% of trade unionist murders worldwide occurred in Colombia making it “the world’s most dangerous place for trade unionists,” Caracol Radio reported…
Colombian labor union leaders have rejected government claims that human rights and trade unionist protection has improved, denigrating symbolic gestures aimed at securing the U.S. free trade agreement, which they…
Colombian Comptroller General Sandra Morelli said that the Saludcoop leadership’s decision to unionize will not affect investigations moving forward against the recently intervened health insurance company (EPS), local media reported…
The leadership of the government-repossessed Colombian health insurance company (EPS) Saludcoop has formed a union that may prevent their removal from office for the next six months. Twenty-five Saludcoop employees…
The teacher’s association of the northern Colombian Cordoba department will file a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the third murder of a teacher this year. According to…
Unionized workers in Colombia for Occidental Petroleum Corp. have agreed to a deal that averts a possible strike that threatened to halt production at the 90,000-barrel-a-day Caño Limon oil field.…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced plans to increase resources for the protection of union workers by 50% for 2012, in accordance with the labor rights focus of the U.S.-Colombia…