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Colombia New hope and challenges for unions under union-backed government [LabourStart Podcasts] 20-03-2024

Colombia Questions in Irish parliament about peace and Human Rights [Justice for Colombia] 12-03-2024

Colombia fighting to eradicate workplace violence and harassment [ITF] 09-03-2024

Colombia / Global UNI Global Union Presents Freedom from Fear Award 2023 to Resilient Colombian Union Leader  [UNI Global Union] 31-08-2023

Colombia UNI joins demand to protect Colombian democracy [UNI] 11-06-2023

Colombia care unions create alliance to address social reforms [UNI Global Union] 12-05-2023

Colombia Teleperformance, UNI Americas and Utraclaro reach agreement in Colombia [UNI] 19-04-2023

Colombia Women leading the charge for labour reform in Colombia [UNI Global Union] 10-03-2023

Colombia SINTRASASS wins 2022 Breaking Through Award for care organizing [UNI Global Union] 11-11-2022

Colombia Coal workers discuss the need for a just transition [IndustriALL] 09-11-2022


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New hope and challenges for unions under union-backed government 2024-03-20 [LabourStart Podcasts]

Questions in Irish parliament about peace and Human Rights 2024-03-12 [Justice for Colombia]

fighting to eradicate workplace violence and harassment 2024-03-09 [ITF]

First global unions-led workshop to support LGBTQI+ workers under C190 2024-03-07 [IFJ]

Sintracarbón signs agreement with Cerrejón Colombia and avoids strike action 2024-03-04 [IndustriALL]

Report evidences discrimination against afro and LGBTI+ people in commerce and icts sector in Colombia 2023-12-05 [UNI]

Colombia NEHAWU wishes WFTU Trade Union International of Public Service and Allied a successful 14th International Congress 2023-11-21 [COSATU]

Global UNI Global Union Presents Freedom from Fear Award 2023 to Resilient Colombian Union Leader  2023-08-31 [UNI Global Union]

UNI joins demand to protect Colombian democracy 2023-06-11 [UNI]

care unions create alliance to address social reforms 2023-05-12 [UNI Global Union]

Teleperformance, UNI Americas and Utraclaro reach agreement in Colombia 2023-04-19 [UNI]

Women leading the charge for labour reform in Colombia 2023-03-10 [UNI Global Union]

Colombia Canada-Colombia Frontlines Delegation 2022 2022-11-23 [NUPGE]

SINTRASASS wins 2022 Breaking Through Award for care organizing 2022-11-11 [UNI Global Union]

Coal workers discuss the need for a just transition 2022-11-09 [IndustriALL]

TIME investigation reveals the traumatized Teleperformance workers moderating TikTok 2022-10-22 [UNI]

Columbia: WFTU Columbia condemns assassination of comrade Sibares Lamprea, union leader of USO 2022-09-26 [WFTU]

APPELLATE COURT REVIVES HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST CHIQUITA 2022-09-14 [Earth Rights.org]

Colombia Podcast: Union Are Key to Democracy For more info 2022-09-13 [Solidarity Center]

PSI affiliates celebrate the inauguration of Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez in Colombia 2022-08-16 [PSI]

Colombia Union leaders send letter to new Colombian government 2022-08-09 [ASLEF]

Colombia 2022: Hope and cautious optimism 2022-07-29 [CUPE]

Repsol Plant In Cartagena Calls Three-day Strike 2022-07-15 [Today]

A New Colombia: The Rise of the Left 2022-07-03 [Nacla]

How Diaspora Voters Rallied to Support Colombia's Francia Márquez 2022-06-19 [Nacla]

Teachers are facing death threats 2022-06-14 [rabble]

UNI calls on Itaú bank to stop ‘forced resignations' in Colombia 2022-06-11 [UNI]

ITUC demands free and fair presidential elections 2022-05-25 [ITUC]

Colombia rabble joins the Colombian electoral accompaniment delegation 2022-05-12 [rabble]

What labour and trade union agenda should the new Colombian government and Congress pursue? Here are some proposals 2022-05-12 [Equal Times]

‘Workers get the thorns': the moral ugliness of rose factories 2022-05-09 [The Guardian]

With murder of a trade union leader, peace continues to cost the lives of Colombians 2022-05-02 [UNI]

Colombia Women's involvement needed to stop gender-based violence in mining 2022-04-21 [IndustriALL]

Report of the High-Level Trade Union Commission for Electoral Observation for the 2022 Congressional Elections and Presidential Primaries 2022-04-02 [UNI]

Colombia Congress letter to Tanaiste in advance of his visit to Columbia 2022-03-10 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

Global union campaign: Fresenius must denounce death threats in Colombia  ActNOW!  2022-02-23 [UNI]

GLOBAL LABOUR MOVEMENT DEPLOYS ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION 2022-02-18 [UNI Global Union]

After 30 years on Bogotá buses, I fear that just transition is slipping out of our hands 2021-11-18 [Equal Times]

Protected journalist under surveillance without her consent 2021-11-01 [IFJ]

There is a peace agreement, so why are trade unionists still being threatened and murdered? 2021-10-25 [Equal Times]

Colombia has signed a peace agreement, so why are trade unionists still being threatened and murdered? 2021-10-25 [Equal Times]

Colombia has signed a peace agreement, so why are trade unionists still being threatened and murdered? 2021-10-25 [Equal Times]

Podcast: Colombia Workers Risk Lives for Better Future 2021-09-15 [Solidarity Center]

South America Colombian banana workers negotiate above inflation pay rise 2021-08-31 [Banana Link]

Big tech call centre workers at Teleperformance in Colombia demand bargaining over wages, monitoring, health and safety 2021-08-09 [UNI Global Union]

New death threat against a worker at a Fresenius clinic 2021-08-01 [UNI Global Union]

A teachers' union tries to keep Colombia's schools closed 2021-07-25 [The Economist]

#WomenSpeak: Unions make us strong 2021-07-13 [BWI]

#WomenSpeak: Unions make us strong 2021-07-10 [BWI]

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