Tag: Luis Barrionuevo

• Saturday, January 13th 2018 - 07:58 UTC

  Argentine union leaders warn Macri, and forecast he may not end his mandate

  

  The Argentine government approach to the power challenge from strong unions has managed so far to have several of its leaders indicted for money laundering, fraud, racketeering and widespread corruption, including one who is jailed in neighboring Uruguay and which the Argentine justice expects to extradite.

• Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 12:08 UTC

  Macri administration feels the pressure from trade unions

  

  Argentine labor unions appear to be pressuring the government by holding marches and threatening strikes ahead of the country's key October mid-term elections, Interior Minister Rogelio Frigerio said Monday.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and son Maximo accused of illicit enrichment

  

  Argentine court has asked a judge to look into accusations of illicit enrichment against former President Cristina Fernandez and her son Maximo Kirchner, state press agency Telam reported on Monday.

• Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:18 UTC

  Macri claims Argentina hid unemployment with 'worthless public jobs', at Labor Day event with dissident union

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri attended an event at a dissident union headquarters in the City of Buenos Aires where he marked the Labour Day with unionized workers of the food sector, and blasted the previous administration for hiding unemployment with public jobs.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 07:45 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez lashes out at unions for the 24-hour strike that brought Argentina to a halt

  

  President Cristina Fernandez fiercely criticized the trade union leaders behind Tuesday's 24-hour general strike, which brought Argentina to a halt, arguing that adhesion to the measure would have been far lower if public transport had functioned as normal.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 06:12 UTC

  Argentine organized labor leader forecasts a “social explosion” next December

  

  Argentina is heading towards social outbreak due to soaring inflation, head of the anti-government CGT Azul y Blanca labor confederation Luis Barrionuevo said in statements that have already sparked controversy.

• Friday, August 29th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  Argentina says it won't yield to unions; controversy over success of the national strike

  

  Argentina's Labor minister Carlos Tomada said that it is not a government’s priority to discuss the modification of the income tax or re-opening wage talks, as dissident unions demanded during a general strike on Thursday which partially paralyzed Buenos Aires city since several transport unions joined the stoppage.

• Friday, April 11th 2014 - 08:24 UTC

  National strike paralyzes Argentina; government blasts roadblocks

  

  Argentine organized labor leader Hugo Moyano called on the government of president Cristina Fernandez to take note of Thursday's strong mobilization across the country after unions affiliated to the Teamsters figure and gastronomic heavyweight Luis Barrionuevo caused widespread disruption.

• 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’.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentine organized labour divided but fearful of Cristina Fernandez intentions

  

  Argentine union leaders said that the conflict inside the CGT umbrella organization is “purely political” and claimed that President Cristina Fernandez is after a “divided and passive” organized labour movement.