Colombian lawmakers reject Petro-backed labor reform

Throughout the country, Colombians have demonstrated this week for the social and labour reforms of President Petro, but the right still managed to prevail with their veto. A referendum is planned.

1. The labor reform was closed, but the debate is still alive As expected, the majorities of the Senate's Seventh Committee, in a vote of eight to six, closed the labor reform because they considered it inconvenient. Trade unions like Fenalco, celebrated the decision, while thousands of Colombians who were not satisfied with the collapse of the reform came to the call of President Petro to march in parallel to the discussion that was taking plac…

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The Colombian Senate's Seventh Committee rejected the labor reform bill on Tuesday by eight votes to six. The upper house of the Colombian legislature approved the shelving of the initiative, one of the social reforms proposed by President Gustavo Petro. Hours earlier, Petro had addressed supporters who responded to his call to demonstrate in favor of the referendum he proposed, where he hopes to find support for his policies.

In the midst of Colombia’s popular mobilizations in support of labor reform, Congress closed the proposal made by the government of Gustavo Petro this Tuesday. READ ALSO: Colombians mobilize in support of Petro’s labor reform While the mobilization day reached other departments and cities such as Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Barranquilla, Tunja, Leticia, Manizales, Medellín, eight Colombian congressmen voted in favor of filing the refor…

Colombian lawmakers reject Petro-backed labour reform

BOGOTA - A Colombian Senate committee rejected on Tuesday a labor reform promoted by President Gustavo Petro, marking the latest setback to the leftist leader's efforts to pass economic and social legislation he promised to enact during his campaign. Read more at straitstimes.com.