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  • 17/11/2012 | Argentina

    Tuesday's national strike 'will be like none other' says Barrionuevo

    The head of the Blue and White CGT umbrella labour union Luis Barrionuevo, today said that the national labour union strike to take place on Tuesday “will be huge” also criticizing the government over end of year bonus payments.

  • 19/12/2012 | Argentina

    'Gov't is taking typical IMF cuts recipes,' Moyano

    Dissident CGT boss Hugo Moyano assured that "the government is following the typical orthodox IMF recipes for austerity cuts, including frozen wages and even wage cuts despite the inflation devouring salaries."

  • 01/08/2012 | Argentina

    Labour Ministry issues mandatory conciliation in APTA, Aerolíneas conflict

    The Labour Ministry ordered on Wednesday afternoon a mandatory conciliation for a 10-day period in the conflict between airlines Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral and the Technical Aeronautical Staff Association (APTA).

  • 07/08/2012 | Argentina

    Thousands gather in Liniers, Belgrano to worship Saint Cajetan

    Thousands of worshippers gathered today in the Buenos Aires City neighbourhood of Liniers and that of Belgrano in order to enter the Saint Cajetan church (San Cayetano in Spanish) on the day of San Cayetano.

  • 13/11/2012 | Argentina

    'Government's arrogancy pushed us to call for a nat'l strike,' Moyano

    CGT Labour Confederation head Hugo Moyano informed that the umbrella union won't participate in the dissident CTA workers union march to Plaza de Mayo set for November 20 as part of that day's national strike called by both entities.

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    CTA pulls out of national strike

    The CTA organized labour movement, led by Hugo Yasky, announced yesterday that it would neither join nor call on its members to join tomorrow’s strike and march.

  • 28/06/2012 | Argentina

    'The Moyano era at the CGT is over'

    Various members of the Kirchnerite bloc in the National Congress criticized today CGT Labour Confederation head Hugo Moyano’s strike and mass rally to the Plaza de Mayo yesterday, underlining that it was a "total failure" and "the era with Moyano as the head of the CGT is over."

  • 02/07/2012 | Argentina

    Labour Ministry calls for CGT conciliation meeting before elections

    The Labour Ministry summoned all parts involved in the CGT labour confederation elections controversy to a conciliation hearing on Wednesday at noon.

  • 29/03/2012 | Argentina

    Teamsters' union lift Friday's strike

    The truck drivers’ union announced it lifted the national strike and march towards the Labour Ministry scheduled for Friday, as a new opportunity to negotiate over the situation of the 2,300 workers of Eki supermarket chain appeared.

  • 29/05/2012 | Argentina

    Anti-Moyano leaders to contest CGT elections at Labour Ministry

    Unionists opposing leader Hugo Moyano’s reelection as the CGT’s secretary general will visit the Labour Ministry in order to contest the decisions adopted in the organization’s last Directive Council, which took place last April 24th, arguing that they never managed to muster quorum. 

  • 18/06/2012 | Argentina

    Anti-Moyano front calls for 'urgent' meeting with Labour Minister

    Union members of the anti-Moyano front asked for an “urgent” meeting with Labour Minister Carlos Tomada in order to present him with the worker movement’s pending claims. Missing from a meeting at the Health Union headquarters where they made their demands was the head of the candidate to the CGT presidency, Antonio Caló.

  • 13/05/2011 | Argentina

    'Gov’t-CGT alliance is not breaking up’

    Secretary of Human Rights of CGT umbrella union Julio Piumato raised his voice after Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s speech yesterday added speculations and interpretations about her decision to run for reelection in October’s general elections and the relationship between the government and the labour unions.

  • 23/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK to Moyano: 'I will support every worker, domestic labour'

    In a message that she seemed to aim at CGT leader Hugo Moyano, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “she will always be seen in every factory, supporting every worker and corporation that fights to keep producing and creating domestic labour.”

  • 07/12/2011 | Argentina

    Tomada asks unions to avoid collective bargaining talks

    Labour Minister Carlos Tomada suggested unions “to avoid talking that much about collective bargains”, but also assured that “there are enormous coincidences between the government and the CGT Labour Confederation.”

  • 12/04/2011 | Argentina

    AFIP discovers 143 rural workers living in rusty containers, San Juan

    The AFIP revenue agency (AFIP) has uncovered a new case of exceptionally poor working conditions on an olive grove in San Juan province, where 143 workers were reported to be living inside rusty containers.

  • 18/04/2011 | Argentina

    Fuel dealers' workers lift Easter weekend strike after 33% salary hike agreement

    Fuel Dealers Federation (FOESGRA in Spanish) members lifted the 48-hour strike they were going to hold on Easter weekend after they agreed to a 33 percent salary hike with fuel businessmen. The basic salary of a worker will go from $2600 to $3700 and additional payments will amount to a total of $4200 per month. The negotiations were held at the Labour Ministry.

  • 25/04/2011 | Argentina

    Tomada admits large unions ignore 24 % salary increase truckers agreed to

    Labour Minister Carlos Tomada admitted that the 24 percent hike in wages that the truck drivers’ union got is neither the floor nor the limit of collective bargains and clarified that each union will reach an agreement with different percentages.

  • 21/12/2010 | Argentina

    Some 6,000 passengers stranded due to LAN strike

    After the Ministry of Labour ordered for the mandatory conciliation between the LAN airline company and its cabin crew staff, General Secretary and Representative of the ATCPEA cabin crew association, Paula Marconi, said that "they would not be complying with mandatory norms put in place by the government."

  • 23/12/2010 | Argentina

    ‘We’re looking for a social accord that defines our country,’ Tomada

    One day after the joint meeting between leaders from the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) and the CGT labour confederation, Labour Minister Carlos Tomada said that “the social accord being sought must not be relegate to just price hikes and salaries.”

  • 25/02/2011 | Argentina

    AFIP uncovers more cases of 'slave-like labour' in BA province

    The AFIP revenue office has discovered another group of people who were working in “slave-like conditions” in the countryside area of Salto.

  • 27/10/2012 | World

    Greece to vote on labour reform despite coalition split

    Greece's government plans to put labour reforms demanded by foreign lenders to a parliamentary vote despite a junior coalition partner's refusal to back them, the finance minister said on Saturday.

  • 09/10/2011 | World

    Wall Street protesters look to expand NY presence

    Anti-Wall Street demonstrators said they are growing out of their lower Manhattan encampment and are exploring options to expand to other public spaces in New York City.

  • 07/09/2012 | World

    US jobs growth cools in August

    US jobs growth slowed sharply in August, setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to pump additional money into the sluggish economy next week and dealing a blow to President Obama as he seeks reelection in November.

  • 08/10/2012 | World

    UK government to slash welfare after next election

    Britain's Conservative-led government will trim an extra 10 billion pounds (US$16 billion) a year from its welfare budget and make cuts across the board in the next phase of austerity if re-elected, its finance minister today.

  • 25/02/2011 | World

    US consumer sentiment rises to best in 3 years

    US consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in three years in February, helped by an improving view of the labor market recovery, a survey showed.

  • 26/03/2011 | World

    Rioters battle UK police after anti-cuts rally

    Black-clad, masked youths battled riot police and attacked banks and luxury stores in central London, overshadowing a protest by more than a quarter of a million Britons against government spending cuts.

  • 05/10/2011 | World

    Labour unions set to join Wall Street protests

    Labour unions including nurses, and transit workers were set to join the growing anti-Wall Street movement march through New York's financial district, and some college students walked out of classes in solidarity.

  • 14/01/2011 | Latin America

    Chile's Piñera reshuffles cabinet, keeps Larraín

    Chilean President Sebastián Piñera shook up his cabinet, reassigning four portfolios after a slide in his approval rating but keeping respected Finance Minister Felipe Larraín in his post.

  • 07/11/2011 | Latin America

    Brazil labour minister latest to feel scandal heat

    Brazil's labour minister came under pressure to quit after media allegations of corruption put him at risk of becoming the seventh member of President Dilma Rousseff's Cabinet to fall this year.

  • 04/12/2011 | Latin America

    Brazil labour minister quits amid scandal

    Brazil's Labour Minister Carlos Lupi resigned in the face of mounting corruption allegations, the latest in a series of scandal-driven departures from President Dilma Rousseff's cabinet.


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