The decline in the global economy brought about by the currently low price of oil has been having a devastating effect on Colombian workers and their familes.
Hundreds of workers from the Colombian Oil Institute have already been laid off. This figure includes geologists, technicians, chemical engineers and more!
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Surprisingly, the company has continued to profit exponentially.
Oil workers on an Ecopetrol drilling platform. Photo: AP
“In 2013, this same company generated around 480 million dollars in revenues for ECOPETROL,” says Oil Workers Union representative, Cesar Loza.
On this week’s episode of teleSUR’s Inside the Americas, we’ll take a look at the struggles faced by Colombia’s working class, as well as the union’s role in their representation.
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