US EditionColombian lawmakers reject Petro-backed labor reform
- A Colombian Senate committee rejected a labor reform promoted by President Gustavo Petro on March 19, 2025, marking a setback for his legislative efforts.
- The labor reform aimed to improve worker conditions and reduce inequality, but it faced opposition from business associations regarding higher labor costs.
- The labor reform was rejected after eight out of 14 senators voted against it, having previously faced rejection in 2023.
- Thousands of people marched in support of Petro's initiatives on the same day as the committee vote.
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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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By Ilse Borrero and Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español The Colombian Senate's Seventh Committee rejected the text of the labor reform by eight votes in favour and six against this Tuesday.The upper house of the Colombian legislature approved to file the initiative, one of which is part of President Gustavo Petro's social reform package, which hours earlier had addressed supporters who responded to his call to demonstrate in favor of the referendu…
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.
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