Colombia’s Interior and Justice Ministry has pledged to offer protection to 700 additional union members, various media reported Monday. The new protection scheme will be implemented before April 22, a…
Colombia will not change its labor laws as part of a deal with the United States, but will only strengthen the country’s judicial branch to enforce the existing regulation, Colombian…
“Ernesto Baez,” one of the former leaders of paramilitary organization AUC, was sentenced to 36 years in jail Thursday for the murder of a union leader in 2001. A Bogota…
The AFL-CIO, the United States’ largest union federation, has said it is “deeply disappointed” with a deal brokered between Colombia and the U.S. on reforming labor laws and the improving…
Presidential aids verified that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Thursday to discuss the imminent bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), confirming reports from anonymous…
UNI Global Union, an organization which represents 900 trade unions around the world, said that the human and labor rights situation in Colombia prevents it from supporting the U.S.- Colombia…
Jim Hoffa, the general president of the most powerful trade union in the U.S., has thanked lawmakers for carefully documenting continued violence against trade unionists in Colombia and raising concerns…
Government officials discuss reforming Colombia’s Labor Code to align labor practices with advances in international labor law. The initiative aims to encourage talks between the government and labor leaders about…
Over the past weeks, there has been a lot of discussion and criticism about Angelino Garzon’s role in Colombian affairs because of his commitment to the working class and labor…