The Challenges of Industry-Wide Collective Bargaining

Labor and employment attorney Ana María Cubillos wrote a column for El Heraldo about the challenges of industry-wide collective bargaining in Colombia. She highlights that although collective bargaining is a fundamental right and a key tool to balance labor relations, expanding it to the sectoral level presents significant challenges, such as the lack of specific regulations and complexity of incorporating provisions related to public policy and relationships with local communities. Ms. Cubillos warns that adopting uniform labor conditions in strategic sectors could affect competition and distort the market, arguing the need for sustainable agreements that harmonize the interests of employers and workers.

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