Union at Colombia’s Ecopetrol launches 24-hour strike

The main ‌union at ​Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol, USO, called a 24-hour ‌strike on Tuesday to protest a deadlock in negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement, the union ‌said in a statement. USO did not immediately ‌specify the exact time the work stoppage began, but workers at Ecopetrol's Barrancabermeja refinery told Reuters that workers ⁠are ​currently ⁠blocking access to the industrial complex.

The main ‌union at ​Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol, USO, called a 24-hour ‌strike on Tuesday to protest a deadlock in negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement, the union ‌said in a statement.

USO did not immediately ‌specify the exact time the work stoppage began, but workers at Ecopetrol's Barrancabermeja refinery told Reuters that workers ⁠are ​currently ⁠blocking access to the industrial complex. "There has been no progress ⁠in the dialogue due to the lack of ​response, negligence, and stalling tactics from Ecopetrol's Corporate ⁠Vice President of Organizational Talent, Victoria Sepulveda,” said the ⁠statement, ​published on the USO's X account.

Ecopetrol did not immediately respond to a request ⁠for comment. It is Colombia's largest company and one ⁠of ⁠the leading integrated energy groups in the Americas, with more than 18,000 employees.