US EditionPetro government raises minimum wage by 23%
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January 30, 2026.- The Colombian unions demonstrated in defense of the new minimum wage of the workers, threatened by big businessmen and opponents of the government. The working class went out on the street to defend the decent minimum wage decreed by President Gustavo Petro...
Petro government raises minimum wage by 23%
With Colombia one of the world’s most unequal countries, the progressive government of President Gustavo Petro has implemented measures to reduce glaring discrepancies in living standards. On 6 January, the minimum wage increased by 23 per cent to $1,750,905 Colombian pesos (£345). Additionally, transport subsidies for those on low incomes rose to $249.095 (£50), a 24.5 per cent rise. Combined, the new state measures come to exactly two million …
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