Tag: CGT

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:55 UTC

  Moyano ignores threats: “as far as I know, Cristina is running for re-election”

  

  Argentina’s organized labour chief Hugo Moyano further escalated the controversy with the government saying he supports President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election next October and cautioned that she is the only candidate he has vowed to back.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 03:29 UTC

  Organized labour ignores warnings and keeps pressure on Argentine president

  

  Argentina’s organized labour continued Monday with its aggressive offensive to have unionist included in the pro-ruling party’s ballot tickets for next October presidential election arguing that Argentines from all walks of life have been invited to participate in politics, ‘but not union members’.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 01:05 UTC

  Argentine organized labour ignores CFK, blames corporate world for ‘conflicts’

  

  Argentine organized labour blamed “businessmen in the corporate world” for the level of labour conflict in the country and demanded “more responsibility”. The statement follows on President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Tuesday’s suggestion that the umbrella union organization, CGT, should lower their levels of confrontation.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentina supports bill requiring companies to distribute 10% of profits to workers

  

  A day before Tuesday’s round of talks between Argentina’s organized labour (CGT) and the Industrial Union (UIA) to consider the possibility of a ‘social pact’ to help contain prices (inflation), the government expressed support for a law sponsored by unions that requires companies to distribute 10% of profits to workers.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 08:21 UTC

  Moyano hails as personal victory the increase by 20% of minimum income tax floor

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano celebrated Friday as a victory for the “workers movement” that the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decided to raise by 20% the minimum income tax floor.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:31 UTC

  “Loyalty rewards loyalty” message from Moyano to Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized labour leader Hugo Moyano has sent another strong message thanking workers for “being loyal to him” at the same time his teamsters were granted a 24% rise in wages.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:29 UTC

  Swiss ambassador denies “any plot or anything of the sort” against Moyano

  

  Swiss Ambassador in Argentina Johannes Mattyasy said that “there was no complot, pressure or anything of the sort” in the request of information on CGT Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano in connection to a case of money laundering.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:54 UTC

  Argentine union leader Moyano says workers must be included in ballot tickets

  

  Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano called on Wednesday for additional workers' presence in the ballots for the coming October election. “It’s not possible that us workers, who created Peronism, are excluded from the ballots” he said.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 - 19:35 UTC

  Moyano insists organized labor must be present in CFK October ballot ticket

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized labour head, Hugo Moyano kept his pressure on the government saying that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, will seek re-election on October’s elections.

• Monday, March 21st 2011 - 07:50 UTC

  Organized labour insists in sharing presidential ticket with Cristina Kirchner

  

  Argentine organized labour continues to put pressure on the government insisting that a representative from the unions should be in the presidential ticket with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who is expected in the coming weeks to announce her re-election bid for next October elections.