The labor reform implemented during the second government of Alfonso López Pumarejo

Abstract

This article studies the most relevant elements of the labor reform proposed
and implemented by President Alfonso López Pumarejo during his
second term of government. The reform was implemented fundamentally
across the Law 6th of 1945. The most relevant elements of this reform
were the institutionalization and regulation of the labor movements that
contribute in this way to the stability of the economic growth and the business
development claimed in this moment for the Colombian State, as
well as the recognition of a set of claims and rights to urban workers, that
made of this reform the most advanced in Colombia in social terms during
the 20th century.