Youth employment in Colombia is most often characterized by poor working conditions, instability, low wages and lack of protections and rights according to a report released by the International Labor…
Nine million Colombian children returned to school on Thursday after the government and the teachers’ union compromised to agree to a 12% wage hike.
Colombia’s striking teachers came to a pre-agreement with the government over salary increases on Wednesday morning, though striking action will continue until at least Thursday, when classes are to resume following…
A bill proposed in Colombia’s Congress seeks to remove three of an impressive number of 18 bank holidays in exchange for extra vacation days.
Colombia’s oil industry is preparing a national strike on March 19 after oil workers union USO called for workers to suspend work for 24 hours in an attempt to curb the cutting…
Colombia’s unemployment rate was 9.1% in 2014, the lowest annual average for 14 years, according to the Colombian statistics agency DANE.
Colombia’s oil workers union said Tuesday that just this month two of its leaders have been attacked while another 11 received death threats.
Workers of Colombia’s justice system on Tuesday suspended a three month strike, amid government threats it would withhold wages and deploy riot police against strikers if citizens were not allowed…
Colombia’s minimum wage will be increased by 4.6%, or $12, to $265 a month in 2015, the government announced to the disappointment of labor unions who claim the hike is a mere…