Colombia's government has published the contents of a proposed referendum on reform of the nation's labor laws, giving employees greater access to health benefits and overtime pay.

President Gustavo Petro addresses supporters outside Congress in Bogotá, Colombia, Thursday, May 1, 2025, before presenting questions for a referendum on his labor reform proposal to the Senate ...

Each measure in the referendum would have required approval from at least 13.5 million voters, a third of Colombia's electoral roll, to pass. (Reporting by Kylie Madry) ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday signed a decree to hold a referendum on labor reforms, an attempt to force the Senate to vote on a proposal on the matter ...

Conservative candidate Miguel Uribe died two months later after being shot on June 7 during a rally. Authorities have ...

Colombia court suspends President Petro's labor reform referendum decree By Reuters June 18, 20253:19 PM PDTUpdated June 18, 2025 ...

Colombia’s unions have begun a 48-hour strike to support a referendum proposed by President Gustavo Petro to let voters to decide whether to overhaul the country’s labor laws. The work stoppage ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro presented a bill on Thursday that seeks to submit proposals for labor rights and working conditions to a public referendum after Congress rejected his labor ...

Colombia's Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the legitimacy of President Álvaro Uribe's reelection in 2006, prompting Uribe to call on Congress to enable a new presidential election that could ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal whose ...