New Study Exposes Labour Rights Violations in Northern Colombia

[mudplanet]

A coalition of Colombian trade unions and think-tanks specialising in workers’ rights have characterised the situation facing trade unions as “difficult and chaotic” in a new report covering labour relations in two northern Colombian provinces. The study outlines a serious push towards informal employment and the sub-contracting of jobs in Atlantico and Bolivar provinces, and says that such practices have led to inferior working conditions and lower pay for those employed in various different sectors.

Several employers are also accused by the report of engaging in efforts to destroy trade unions both through administrative means as well as via threats. Some companies are said to be blatantly violating Colombian labour laws in their treatment of workers whilst in numerous cases employees are being forced to work longer hours for less pay than in the past.

Read the rest at: http://www.justiceforcolombia.org/news/article/849/New-Study-Exposes-Labour-Rights-Violations-in-Northern-Colombia

But things are really terrible in Venezuela.