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  • 19/12/2012 | Argentina

    Subway debate postponed at City Legislature

    Subway workers have set a rally at the City Legislature’s front door to repudiate the subway transfer bill law proposed by Mayor Mauricio Macri, as City lawmakers decided to postponed the parliamentary session until 4pm.

  • 27/12/2012 | Argentina

    Gov't to apply sanctions on bank clerks over strikes

    The government said today that it would slap sanctions on bank clerks involved in the strike today, following their failure to comply with the mandatory conciliation ordered by the Labour Ministry regarding the workers’ wage demands.

  • 28/11/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers go on strike

    Subway workers were on strike today, with each line stopping their services in three-hour shifts, after wage talks between Metrovías concessionary company and AGTSyP breakaway union failed yesterday.

  • 05/12/2012 | Argentina

    Solution to AGTSyP conflict 'far', subway strikes to go ahead

    Secretary-general for breakaway subway workers union AGTSyP, Robert Pianelli said today that “conversations with Metrovías were in place” in order to find a solution to the conflict over wages, tomorrow’s strike action; however they were far from reaching a solution.

  • 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."

  • 20/11/2012 | Argentina

    President calls all workers 'to defend the Kirchnerite political project'

    Amidst the massive CGT-CTA national strike, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wondered this morning on her Facebook account (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner): “Does anyone want to go back to that Argentina whose economical model was bread for just a few and hunger for everybody or almost everybody?”

  • 20/11/2012 | Argentina

    'Gov't should pay attention to the silence on the streets,' Moyano

    Dissident CGT leader Hugo Moyano assured that the support that the national strike received was “much stronger than we expected” and urged President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to listen to “pay attention to the silence on the streets."

  • 26/11/2012 | Argentina

    CGT's Piumato calls on union leaders to 'reflect'

    CGT Azopardo secretary general Julio Piumato called on union leaders close to the Government to “reflect” and repeated that “the best time for workers was when union leaders were united.”

  • 14/11/2012 | Argentina

    Workers exempt from paying income tax on year end bonus, CFK announces

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that workers who earn up to a gross monthly salary of 25,000 pesos will not pay for income tax on their annual year end bonus, during a televised speech. Also added that Antonio Caló-led CGT will discuss a hike on the income tax floor in 2013.

  • 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.

  • 20/11/2012 | Argentina

    Banks closed amid strike

    All private and public banks were closed today due to a national strike led by CGT and CTA unions.

  • 28/10/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers cancel today’s strike

    Subway workers have cancelled their plan to let passengers ride for free between 08 and 10 am today rush hour as the Buenos Aires City government summoned on Sunday the subway union (AGTSyP) for a Wednesday meeting intended to resolve the workers’ wage hike claims.

  • 06/11/2012 | Argentina

    BA City Stock Exchange, banks closed for Bank Workers Day

    Banks, exchange houses and the Buenos Aires City Stock Exchange were all closed today for national “Bank Workers Day.”

  • 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.

  • 09/10/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House clears ART bill reform for debate

    The Workers Legislation, Budget and General Legislation committees of the Lower House of Congress cleared the workers risk insurance (ART) law reform for debate and will be at the floor on October 24. The bill has already been preliminary approved by the Senate.

  • 11/10/2012 | Argentina

    Bus drivers lift strike, resume service

    Bus drivers from the 60 line decided to lift the strike, despite the fact that they did not reach an agreement during Thursday's meeting with Labour Ministry officials. A new meeting is expected to take part tomorrow at the ministry.

  • 24/10/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves ART law reform

    The Lower House of Congress approved the reform of the ART risk insurance law with 139 votes in favour and 82 against. The bill had been preliminary approved by the Senate on October 3.

  • 01/08/2012 | Argentina

    Five day subway strike announced

    Subway workers from the breakaway AGTSyP union announced a two day strike in addition to the UTA subway and tram workers' union's 72-hour strike that begins on Monday. Therefore, subway will be out of service from Friday at 9pm affecting all lines, lasting a total of five days.

  • 08/08/2012 | Argentina

    City doctors announce 24-hour strike after Santojanni Hospital incidents

    Workers from city hospitals announced that from tomorrow they are to go on a 24-hour strike, in support of the demands for better safety, put forward first by the staff of public hospital Santojanni in Liniers today.

  • 05/09/2012 | Argentina

    Renault suspends 1,200 employees for a day

    Carmaker Renault suspended 1,200 workers for one day due to the lack of materials imported from Brazil, although the production will be resumed on Friday.

  • 05/07/2012 | Argentina

    Flights resume at Aeroparque, Ezeiza after Air Traffic Control protest

    Flights resumed at Jorge Newbery Metropolitan Airport and Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, following a union protest led by air traffic controllers, a measure that started at the beginning of the week. The measure caused delays and cancellations in domestic and international flight.

  • 06/07/2012 | Argentina

    Gov't calls CGT to agree on new election date

    The national Government accepted the anti-Moyano unions’ dismissal over the CGT labour confederation election scheduled for July 12 and called CGT’s authorities to meet in order to agree on another date for the election, which expires on July 14.

  • 11/07/2012 | Argentina

    BA province court orders payment of midyear bonuses to judicial workers in one installment

    As governor Daniel Scioli’s problems to pay pending midyear bonuses continue, the Buenos Aires province Supreme Court ordered the provincial government on Wednesday to offer them in a single payment, effectively annulling the province’s suggestion to divide them in four installments.

  • 29/06/2012 | Argentina

    Cerro Dragon workers, company to be fined

    Chubut province governor Martin Buzzi announced he will back a fine against Pan American Energy and will seek the seek the legal recognition of los dragones, oil workers who hold a strike in oilfield Cerro Dragón.

  • 03/07/2012 | Argentina

    Flights delayed out of Aeroparque

    A lack of Air Traffic controllers at Jorge Newbery Metropolitan airport caused slight delays on flights across all airlines Tuesday morning. Flights did not take off out of the airport from 00.00 am to 6 am due to the workers' absence.

  • 03/07/2012 | Argentina

    Chubut gov't orders mandatory conciliation between 'dragons,' PAE

    The Chubut Labour Ministry ordered a mandatory conciliation between all parts involved in the Cerro Dragón conflict, hoping that workers who have taken over the oilfield and oil company Pan American Energy (PAE) will resume negotiations.

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    CFK hits back at Moyano, 'extortion measures will not get in my way'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner further criticized CGT umbrella labour movement head Hugo Moyano today during a televised speech at the Government House ahead of tomorrow’s strike, and stated that border guards would not be deployed to patrol the Plaza de Mayo during the CGT rally scheduled to take place at the historic square.  

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    'The Gov't stopped giving answers to worker's claims,' Moyano

    CGT leader Hugo Moyano fired back at Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and assured that the relationship ended “when the Government stopped giving answers to the workers."

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    Carmaker Renault to suspend 1600 workers

    Carmaker Renault will suspend 1600 workers of its Córdoba province factory due to an accumulation of stock, sources confirmed to ambito.com

  • 18/05/2012 | Argentina

    Meeting to solve subway conflict postponed until Monday

    A meeting summoned by the Labour Ministry with the aim of solving the Subway wage conflict has been postponed and will take place at 11 am Monday at the Ministry headquarters.

  • 01/06/2012 | Argentina

    Indec: Salaries climb 2.8% in April

    The salary index climbed 2.8 percent in April and accumulated a 7.3 percent increase during the first quarter of the year, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

  • 15/06/2012 | Argentina

    Fiat suspends 1600 workers

    Carmaker Fiat suspended 1600 workers of its factory in Córdoba province due to the lack of autparts, SMATA auto industry workers union announced. The measure will last 48 hours and is due to the lack of autoparts caused by import restrictions.

  • 10/05/2012 | Argentina

    'When things go bad, union leaders leave while workers lose their jobs,' CFK says

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner urged union leaders to be “responsible” during salary negotiations, and reminded them that “when things go bad, union leaders leave and continue to live well while workers lose their jobs.”

  • 11/05/2012 | Argentina

    Bank clerks threaten to stage national strike if wage demands not met

    Workers belonging to the banking umbrella union have threatened today to stage a national strike next week if their demands regarding pay rises are not met. Bank clerks protested across the centre of Buenos Aires yesterday demanding a higher wage increase.

  • 15/05/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers pull forward strike, to start tomorrow at midday

    The bus and subway drivers’ union (UTA) announced they were pulling forward a strike to Wednesday at midday, that will affect all subway lines as well as the Premetro tram, and that it would last for 36 hours, in light of the failed salary negotiations. 

  • 27/04/2012 | Argentina

    New crossfire arises between Nat'l and City governments over subways

    The dispute over the control of the subway system in Buenos Aires took yet another turn today, as Labour Minister Carlos Tomada renewed demands for Macri’s government to sit down with subway workers to negotiate the recent conflicts. Meanwhile, in response, City Transport Subsecretary Guillermo Dietrich stated that “they’ve got no business” going to such meeting.

  • 01/05/2012 | Argentina

    CFK calls workers to 'protect what they've achieved'

    Without a rally for Labour Day, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gave her message to the workers via Twitter and told them to "protect what they've achieved." Besides, the paid homage to Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo for the 35 anniversary of their first march.

  • 10/05/2012 | Argentina

    Multiple rallies grip BA city streets, provinces

    Hundreds of trade unionists hit the streets of Buenos Aires City on Thursday, along other big cities across the country in demand of wage bargaining talks. Throughout the course of the day, various strikes and rallies took place across eight banking sectors and the UOM.

  • 21/03/2012 | Argentina

    Subway strike lifted

    After holding a two-hour service strike, the city's subway service was up and running again. Subway workers announced the measure yesterday and made their final decision to go through with the strike today, bringing all services to a halt between 2 pm and 4 pm.

  • 21/04/2012 | Argentina

    Dockyard workers end blockade after 48-hour protest

    Several spokespersons speaking on behalf of truckers, drivers and customs employees who had been staging a protest for more than 48 hours at the main port of Buenos Aires informed that they decided to suspend it. They were protesting against import barriers set up by Trade Minister Guillermo Moreno.

  • 24/04/2012 | Argentina

    AUSA workers end protest, lower tollgates across three motorways

    AUSA workers lifted tollgates along three motorways on Tuesday morning, allowing motorists to drive through for free until noon. The measure was carried out along 25 de Mayo, Dellepiane and Perito Moreno routes, in demand of a wage increase for workers.

  • 01/03/2012 | Argentina

    Subway resumes service after 12 hour strike

    The six subway lines resumed their service shortly after 5 pm, following a 12 hour strike that affected over a million passengers and caused a chaos of traffic in the City.

  • 09/03/2012 | Argentina

    Moyano: 'CFK receives Roger Waters because he is blonde'

    The head of the CGT labour confederation, Hugo Moyano, harshly criticized President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after assuring that she met with British musician Roger Waters at the Government House, while she “doesn’t receive the workers.”

  • 16/03/2012 | Argentina

    Moyano: 'CFK's moved away from supporting workers'

    Head of the CGT Labour Confederation Hugo Moyano, once again criticized President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration and stated that there “had been a change” in attitude and stated that the President “has moved away from supporting workers.”

  • 02/02/2012 | Argentina

    Workers lift roadblock outside Ezeiza airport

    Outsourced workers who provide cleaning and security services at Ezeiza international airport staged a roadblock during several hours to protest “poor working conditions”, preventing passengers from entering the airport premises.

  • 13/02/2012 | Argentina

    BA province to begin collective bargaining with teachers, state workers

    The Buenos Aires province government has summoned representatives from the teachers’ and provincial workers’ unions in order to begin the collective bargaining talks this Thursday, the provincial labour ministry announced.

  • 15/02/2012 | Argentina

    Transportation workers ratify boycott against British vessels

    The Argentine Confederation of Transportation Workers (CATT) ratified on Wednesday that it would randomly block British ships from docking on Argentine ports, in response to the UK’s refusal to negotiate the Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty.

  • 06/01/2012 | Argentina

    Many passengers ride Subway free on first day of fare hikes

    Employees from the Union for Subway workers and the Premetro freed up the turnstiles at subway stations across the city, allowing passengers to travel for free, in protest of the new fares put in place by the City Government, which bumped up the cost of a ticket to $2.50 pesos per journey.

  • 08/01/2012 | Argentina

    Subway free all week

    In defiance of the fare hikes issued by the City government last week following its takeover of the subway’s administration, the Subway and Tram Workers Union Association yesterday created a multi-sector front which will continue to let passengers ride for free all week.

  • 12/01/2012 | Argentina

    Last day for commuters to travel for $1.10 on Subway

    Today saw the final day for Subway users carrying SUBE and Monedero cards to travel for $1.10 pesos. The price for regular tickets went up last week by a steep 127%, bumping up the cost of a ticket to $2.50 per journey, which fully comes into effect tomorrow.

  • 24/11/2011 | Argentina

    'We have to innovate in the relationship with workers'

    The head of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), José Ignacio De Mendiguren, assured "we have to innovate in the relationship with workers." Although he did not give specific information about the upcoming wage talks, he said “no one is surprised by the fact that Moyano wants it all.”

  • 20/12/2011 | Argentina

    Judiciary workers protest in front of the Courts

    Judiciary workers from the Union for Employees of the Nation’s Judiciary (UEJN) staged a protest during the morning in front of the Court House downtown, marking a “national strike” held by the union in demand of better wages.

  • 05/01/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers threaten to allow passengers to ride for free

    The subway workers union announced that they will protest the increase of the subway fare by lifting turnstiles in several stations in order to allow passengers to travel for free in rush hour on Friday.

  • 26/08/2011 | Argentina

    Minimum Wage Council agrees 25% hike

    The Minimum Wage Council reached an agreement over a 25 percent hike of the new wage floor minimum for workers after a recess. Businessmen, union leaders and lawmakers came together at the Labour Ministry and agreed on a 2,300 pesos minimum wage.

  • 29/09/2011 | Argentina

    Access to Ezeiza Airport partially blocked by protest

    Close to a hundred dockyard workers from the Ezeiza Airport partially blocked the entrance to the Ezeiza International Airport on Thursday afternoon because they claimed they were “not allowed into the premises this morning” in order to conduct the cleaning of the aircrafts.

  • 30/09/2011 | Argentina

    Dockyard workers lift Ezeiza int'l airport access roadblock

    Dockyard workers of the Ezeiza international airport  lifted the road block they had staged in access to the terminal. The measure caused a traffic jam and several kilometres-long lanes to enter the country’s most important airport.

  • 21/06/2011 | Argentina

    Road blocks lifted along 9 de Julio

    A group of union workers were staging a protest this morning, blocking off the 9 de Julio Avenue southbound at the junction with Moreno Street, in Buenos Aires city centre. The manifestation was being held by the Workers of the Tucumán Health Union.

  • 07/07/2011 | Argentina

    CGT still upset over workers being 'left out' of the lawmakers' ballot

    CGT labour organization official Julio Piumato assured that Moyano’s recent statements, in which he warned that workers “aren’t only good for demonstrating and voting whenever they’re needed,” were “already being said by Juan Perón a long time ago.”

  • 19/07/2011 | Argentina

    Tartagal protestors lift block on 9 de Julio Avenue

    Unemployed activists from the Salta province town Tartagal lifted roadblocks after protesting for the second time in two days. The protestors were blocking off the 9 de Julio Avenue at the junction with Avenida de Mayo.

  • 03/05/2011 | Argentina

    CFK: 'We are approaching a 'fifty-fifty' rate of GDP sharing'

    While attending a ceremony in Tres de Febrero, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner repeated the expression used by CGT labour confederation leader Hugo Moyano during last Friday’s Labour Day rally, and said that “there’s a high degree of unionization in the country, which means that workers are recipient of close to “a fifty-fifty rate of GDP sharing.”

  • 05/05/2011 | Argentina

    Oil refinery workers back on strike

    After a 24-hour truce in the refinery workers conflict, the union failed to reach an agreement after meeting again with Labour Ministry officials, and decided to call a national strike for an undetermined period of time, union leader Alberto Roberti said.

  • 08/06/2011 | Argentina

    CTA workers stage nationwide protests, cause city traffic chaos

    Members of Pablo Micheli’s Argentine Workers Union (CTA) were staging nationwide protests today, as well as staging a march towards Plaza de Mayo demanding pension increases and earning tax elimination for workers. The Buenos Aires-La Plata route was being blocked off in both directions as well as 9 de Julio Avenue, and Pueyrredón and Saavedra bridges.

  • 13/04/2011 | Argentina

    Construction site collapses in Palermo, one detained

    Three people were injured and one was detained after a construction site wall collapsed in Palermo. The incident occurred along Lafinur 3090, just metres away from Libertador Avenue.

  • 20/04/2011 | Argentina

    60 bus line strike lifted

    After three days of protests and Labour Minister Carlos Tomada’s intervention, workers of the 60 bus line and Monsa transportation company reached an agreement and lifted the strike-

  • 26/04/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz oil workers lift strike

    After 26 days, Santa Cruz oil workers decided to lift the strike that kept the production of oil stalled. The measure, which stated April 1st in demand of better working conditions and increase in salaries, ended Tuesday night. But the activities will return to a normal pace on Wednesday morning, a Santa Cruz Private Oil Worker's union delegate announced.

  • 11/02/2011 | Argentina

    Subway workers stage protest, threaten to hold strike next Tuesday

    Workers from subway line B opened turnstiles today between seven and ten in the morning to allow commuters to travel free in demand of more trains and personnel.

  • 23/03/2011 | Argentina

    Moyano calls for additional CGT presence in the ballots

    CGT Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano called for additional workers' presence in the ballots in the October election. He also urged President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to seek reelection.

  • 01/04/2011 | Argentina

    Teatro Colón musicians lift strike until Tuesday

    The Colón Theatre’s musicians announced they will lift the strike until next Tuesday in order to wait for a negotiation with Buenos Aires City government, after fourty-one members of the Resident Orchestra received letters of dismissal.

  • 12/01/2011 | Argentina

    'We want to eradicate illegal employment,' Tomada

    Labour Minister Carlos Tomada called for a continuous flow of communication, with agricultural companies to “eradicate illegal work.”

  • 25/01/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't reaches agreement with Roca's outsourced workers

    Former Roca train line outsourced workers announced they have reached an agreement with the government after their meeting held at the Labour Ministry. Meanwhile, the service has been resumed.

  • 27/01/2011 | Argentina

    Methods of protest from some workers 'not rational,' Tomada

    Labour Minister Carlos Tomada spoke about the way in which some trade union workers protest, in particular outsourced workers, saying that their methods are "irrational”. He continued to defend the department in terms of conflict management.

  • 13/07/2012 | World

    Spanish workers block roads, rail in cuts protest

    Spanish workers blocked streets and railways in Madrid in protests against new austerity measures they said hurt ordinary people more than the bankers and politicians they blame for the economic crisis.

  • 12/09/2012 | World

    Fires engulf Pakistan factories, killing 261 workers

    At least 261 people burnt to death as fires swept through two factories in Pakistan, police and government officials said today, raising familiar questions about industrial safety in the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.

  • 04/11/2012 | World

    Workers gear for strike as Greece presents new austerity pack

    Greece's government will present a new austerity package to parliament, facing a week of strikes and protests over proposals which must win deputies' approval if the country is to secure more aid and stave off bankruptcy.

  • 10/02/2012 | World

    Anger in Greece as parliament to vote on bailout

    Greek lawmakers will vote this weekend on a controversial austerity bill that Athens needs to avoid a messy default but which is fuelling a domestic political and social crisis that has brought thousands of Greeks out on the streets in protest.

  • 25/02/2012 | World

    US democracy activists to go on trial in Egypt

    Dozens of democracy activists including 16 Americans go on trial in Egypt Sunday in a politically charged case which has set off a crisis in relations between Cairo and Washington and threatened US$1.3 billion in annual US military aid.

  • 01/05/2012 | World

    Europeans protest austerity at May Day rallies

    Thousands of workers across southern Europe protested against spending cuts in annual May Day rallies today, before weekend elections in Greece and France where voters are expected to punish leaders for austerity.

  • 04/03/2011 | World

    US unemployment rate falls to near two-year low

    Employers hired more workers in February than in any month since May last year and the unemployment rate fell to a near two-year low, raising hopes the economic recovery has gathered critical momentum.

  • 07/01/2012 | World

    Obama urges businesses to bring US jobs home

    President Barack Obama kicked off an effort to encourage US businesses to keep jobs at home instead of outsourcing them overseas, as he rolled out a new election-year theme today aimed at courting middle-class voters.

  • 24/01/2012 | World

    After nearly 60 years, beards are back at Disney

    Six of Snow White's seven dwarves have them, along with Merlin the Magician and Aladdin, and now men working at Disneyland and Walt Disney World can sport one too -- a beard.

  • 24/02/2011 | Latin America

    Brazil's unemployment rate falls to 6.1% for January 2011

    The unemployment rate in Brazil had lowered to just 6.1% for this year, the best indicator for that month since 2003 according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

  • 15/06/2012 | Latin America

    Bolivia sends troops to mine after violence

    Bolivia's government deployed 1,600 soldiers and police in an effort to avert more violent clashes between rival workers at a tin and zinc mine owned by commodities giant Glencore.

  • 01/09/2011 | Sports

    World Cup workers go on second strike in two weeks

    World Cup construction workers at the Maracaná went on strike for the second time in two weeks after elements of a pay accord reached to end the first stoppage were not met, they said.

  • 02/02/2012 | Sports

    Brazil's World Cup preparations hit by more strikes

    Construction workers' strikes at Brazil's World Cup venues continue to plague preparations for the 2014 showpiece with the northeastern city of Salvador hit by a stoppage in demand of improved wages.

  • 26/02/2011 | Entertainment

    Teatro Colón director assures 'season is not in danger'

    The director of the Teatro Colón Pedro Pablo García Caffi assured that the new theatre season for 2011 is not in danger, following threats by worker union conflicts, which had made the theatre suspend various shows last year.


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