The steel industry Chile has been facing unfair competition for the import of Chinese steel, warn the workers’ unions of Huachipato, Chile’s main steel company. The situation has led workers to demand an increase in tariffs on Chinese imports. In conversation with the press, the president of Huachipato Workers’ Union 1, Héctor Medina, explained the […]
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EU reaches new agreement on digital platform workers law
The European Chamber and the Council of the European Union (EU)which brings together the Member States, reached a new agreement this Thursday on the directive that aims to improve working conditions on digital platforms such as Uber and reduce the number of false self-employed people. The two EU co-legislators agreed today to determine at national […]
Protesters ask Macron not to enact French law to regulate immigration
Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across the country on Sunday. France to ask the president Emmanuel Macron not to enact a tough new immigration law that, they say, bears the imprint of the far right and betrays French values. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 75,000 people participated in the marches […]
Argentina: Milei encounters first adverse reactions to its adjustment plans
The elected president of Argentina, Javier Mileiencountered the first resistance from unions and public media owners to its adjustment plan that includes privatizations and the drastic reduction of public spending. Several union members reacted negatively on Wednesday to the far-right economist’s plan for Aerolíneas Argentinas to pass into the hands of its employees and promote […]
Negotiations between UPS and union fail; employees prepare strike
The negotiations between UPS and the union that represents 340,000 employees of the courier company broke up on Wednesday with both sides blaming each other for the failure of the discussions. In recent days, the Teamsters union gave several deadlines for United Parcel Service negotiators to make their final best offer to their union employees. […]
Workers of the Judiciary request remuneration leveling for CAS personnel
This Thursday, June 1, judicial servants from all over Peru will hold, starting at 6:00 pm, a vigil in front of the Palace of Justice, which will also happen simultaneously in the various judicial offices in the country. The workers will be carrying signs and candles, to demand that the President of the Judiciary, Dr. […]
Petroperú: workers denounce lobbies in Congress to reprivatize the Talara lots
He National United Front of Petroperú SA Trade Unions He denounced a media campaign to reprivatize the Talara lots, in days that the Peruvian Government, after 30 years of contracts with foreign companies, manages its reversion to the state oil company. Through a joint statement, the Petroperú unions extended their support to the head of […]
Marches for Labor Day in Peru LIVE: CGTP asks for a minimum salary of S/2,500
The General Confederation of Workers of Peru and the Unitary Confederation of Workers of Peru They carry out a national mobilization on this Labor Day. Know minute by minute all the events in this note. This Labor Day, the main Peruvian trade union centrals carry out a mobilization throughout the country. The General Confederation of […]
Unionism in Latin America takes the offices and leaves the streets
In Latin Americaunionism has left the streets to take over offices and has weakened in recent decades, among other reasons, due to informality laborthe “restrictive legal conditions in which they operate and the hostility of the majority of the entrepreneurship”, according to what experts told EFE. “(The unions in Colombia) today they have a membership […]
Sunafil creates a team of inspectors to guarantee freedom of association in companies
Through legal regulations, the sunafil formalized the creation of the Specialized Team of Labor Inspectors in matters of Union Freedom. Among the points to be considered, DS 014-2022-TR stands out — promoted by the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) in order to strengthen union activity in companies — with which the regulation of […]