CGT Mayorías Territoriales joins negotiations on Colombia's 2027 minimum wage

FinanceColombiaEl País (Cali)Nov 4, 2026, 8:58 PMAI summary

Colombia's Ministry of Labor announced that CGT Mayorías Territoriales, a faction of the General Confederation of Labor, will join the 2027 minimum wage negotiation table. The organization brings together ten departmental federations and four national ones, and includes peasant and indigenous communities, informal economy workers, freight haulers and digital platform delivery workers. The government plans to install the table on November 18; the first legal deadline is December 15 and, without an agreement, the increase would be set by decree.

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CGT Mayorías Territoriales, a CGT faction, will take part in the 2027 minimum wage negotiations, the Ministry of Labor announced.
The organization groups ten departmental and four national federations, including peasants, indigenous people, informal workers, freight haulers and platform delivery workers.
The government plans to install the table on November 18; the first legal deadline is December 15 and could be extended to December 30.

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CGT Mayorías Territoriales joins negotiations on Colombia's 2027 minimum wage

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