The United States’ largest national trade union federation has issued a letter to members of Congress urging them to vote down the upcoming free trade agreement with Colomiba, South Korea,…
Colombia should not be rewarded with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States until it can curb the violence against its trade unionists and other civil activists, argued…
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…
Colombia registered a drop in the rate of unemployment of 7.4% from 2.668 million in April 2010 to 2.47 million in April 2011, according to the monthly employment report from…
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…
Hundreds of people marched through the center of Colombia’s second city on Wednesday, protesting a new anti-phone theft law which they said impedes their right to work. Approximately 400 cellular…
Medical professionals and lawyers accused Colombian workplace insurance companies (ARPs) of illegally pocketing just under $550 million, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. According to the one of the complainants German Fernandez,…
Rioters clashed with anti-riot police in Bogota at the end the annual Labor Day demonstration. The violence erupted towards the end of the annual event in which some 10,000 protesters…
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…