The text provides for a gradual transition, guarantees salary maintenance, and establishes two days off.

The Noboa administration advanced a decree which mandated an increase of hours in the workday. It was resoundingly rejected on the streets, with many committing to further action.

While organized workers seek to repeal the controversial reform, it advances in Congress. It still needs to be ratified by the Senate. Workers claim that it eliminates many of their rights.

The reform, promoted by Gustavo Petro and his party Pacto Histórico, was approved after months of disputes and boycotts by the opposition.

The country’s trade union confederations condemned that several key articles were removed from the reform during negotiations in Congress

The approval of the progressive pension reform was celebrated by the Colombian president as an “important social conquest”

The bill was shelved on the same day that right-wing activists held small rallies to protest the government of Gustavo Petro

Chairman of the Communist Party of Sweden Andreas Sörensen has criticized the Swedish government’s bid to dilute the employment protection act as a move against workers’ rights in the country

The decision to lay off personnel was taken by the company to compensate for the losses incurred due to the drop in sales

For the past six months, the Peruvian workers have been protesting against a new labor reform that seeks to implement a series of regressive measures.

The labor reform seeks to implement a series of measures that represent a regression to labor rights and favors the entrepreneurs