US EditionThe Minimum Wage Divides Colombians and Becomes the Central Issue in the Election Campaign
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By Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español. On December 30, 2025, President Gustavo Petro issued a decree establishing a new minimum wage that would take effect for workers in Colombia starting in January. Since then, the measure, which has become a prominent issue in the elections and is testing judicial independence, has been suspended by a high court while unrest grows in the streets. The news of the 23.7% increase took both business leaders and labor…
The provisional suspension of the minimum wage increase in Colombia 2026, set at 23.7%, opened a political, legal and social debate that mobilized thousands of people in different cities of the country. The decision was adopted by the Council of State on February 13, 2026 and affects workers, employers and trade unions. The decree, promoted by the government of President Gustavo Petro, proposed an adjustment under the concept of “life wage”, fig…
The Minister of Labour assured that the government will continue to advocate for a living wage and will argue the reasons that motivated the increase
The Council of State suspended the increase in the minimum wage and ordered a new decree in 8 days. Why can't the "life wage" go over the law? The article The minimum wage in limbo and the pocket of Colombians paying the broken dishes of improvisation was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, voices and news from Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
Discussion of the minimum wage. Photo: MinTrabajo. The National Government filed an appeal with the Council of State to challenge the judicial decision that provisionally suspended the decree of the minimum wage. The document, filed on February 18, 2026 before the Second Section, Subsection A of the Administrative Litigation Chamber, is addressed to Judge Juan Camilo Morales Trujillo and seeks to reverse the order of February 12, by which the pr…
The central argument of the House of Nariño holds that the order notified on 13 February incurs an "anticipation of judgment"
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