On May 1 in Pasto, Barranquilla, Cali calls to mobilize

Several cities in the country will have mobilizations this Sunday, May 1, for Labor Day.

Colombia News.

This Sunday, May 1, Labor Day is celebrated internationally, so as has traditionally happened, except during 2020 due to the pandemic, workers’ unions and citizens will go out to march or focus on different activities.

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In the capital of Nariño, the CUT and other union organizations will meet from 9 in the morning, in Parque Santiago.

There will also be feminist movements and of womento “commemorate all women who participate in the labor market”.

Barranquilla

In the capital of Atlántico they will also take to the streets to gather at the Sofia Camargo de Lleras School at 9 in the morning.

This May 1 in Barranquilla if they will march, the point of arrival and where other activities will be carried out, will be the Magdalena field.

Cali

The Departmental Strike Committee in Valle del Cauca called for the mobilization this day, for which the main workers’ unions have joined and the union of other citizen organizations has been requested.

This march will be in “rejection of the corporatist economic model that buried the productive one, giving way to the closure of companies and mergers in some cases; As a result of this change, there is an increase in unemployment, outsourcing and informality; The Valley went from being a productive department to becoming an industrial cemetery,” is the statement.

From 8:30 a.m. people began to arrive at Comfandi El Prado, to walk along Calle 34, Carrera 15, Calle 23 and end up in the Parque del Barrio Obrero.

There are also calls to march in Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Ibagué, Popayán, Cúcuta, Bucaramanga and other areas of the Colombian Caribbean.