Tag: CGT Labour Confederation

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:37 UTC

  Organized labour challenges Cristina Fernandez with a demonstration on Wednesday

  

  Argentina’ so organized CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and CTA umbrella union leader Pablo Micheli confirmed on Tuesday a downtown march against the government of President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:53 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez: “no one is going to pressure me especially with bullying or thugs”

  

  After the first national strike against her administration, Argentine President Cristina Fernández blasted the CGT and CTA-led protest claiming they appealed to “bullying” tactics and called on workers to defend the “economic development and inclusion model”.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:48 UTC

  Day of protest a “complete success” and “much stronger than we expected”

  

  Argentine labour unions leaders said that support for the successful national strike was “much stronger than we expected” and urged President Cristina Fernández to listen to “people’s message.”

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:41 UTC

  General strike, supported by pickets paralyzed Argentina

  

  Two main opposition umbrella trade unions and other organizations protesting Argentina's economic policies paralyzed the country on Tuesday in the first general strike since President Cristina Fernandez took office five years ago.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Major national strike in Argentina with pickets to implement the measure

  

  Argentina’s three main organized labour groupings, and in opposition to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, have called for a national strike on Tuesday which counts with the support of several tens of camp and city organizations plus hundreds of pickets in the main cities ‘to ensure there is no activity’.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 05:54 UTC

  Barrage of criticisms on Cristina Fernandez; unions planning national strike

  

  Argentine opposition leaders renewed their criticism of President Cristina Fernández accusing her of being autistic, unlimitedly authoritarian and of disregarding the people after the giant anti-government pot-banging protest, 8N, on Thursday, while the administration vowed to steer the course and not to fall into “rightwing” provocation.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:45 UTC

  Loyal unions give Argentine government 40 days to raise the income tax floor

  

  The branch of Argentina’s organized labour that supports President Cristina Fernandez gave the government forty days to raise the income tax floor, which with double digit inflation is including an ever increasing number of wage earners.

• Friday, September 7th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  “You only have to fear God: and me a little bit”, Cristina Fernandez scolds ministers

  

  “You only have to fear God, and me a little bit, at least while you are staff that depends from me”, said Argentine President Cristina Fernández publicly voicing her discontent towards some of her cabinet members after a court order interrupted a series of public works in the Buenos Aires province.

• Thursday, August 9th 2012 - 06:47 UTC

  For Argentine unions, food basket inflation is 52% higher than the official index

  

  Argentine organized labour CGT, announced that based on their own analysis of the products that make up the basic food basket, on average they are 52% more expensive than those analyzed by the official statistics office, Indec

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:10 UTC

  Argentine union leader confesses he never believed in the “official inflation rate”

  

  Argentina’s Metal workers union (UOM) leader Antonio Caló said on Thursday he “never believed in the (official stats office) Indec” and openly estimated that inflation in the country is running at “23% to 24%”.