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Montevideo, February 19th 2026 - 03:19 UTC

Tag: PIT-CNT

  • Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 04:04 UTC

    Mercosur–EU deal: Uruguay’s PIT-CNT urges sector impact studies for an “informed” Senate debate

    PIT-CNT argued the text reached Parliament without an impact study that would allow a rigorous evaluation of employment

    Uruguay’s PIT-CNT labour federation warned lawmakers that the debate on the Mercosur–European Union trade deal is moving forward without adequate sector-by-sector assessments, which it said “limits the possibility of an informed debate” on potential effects on industry, jobs and the country’s productive structure. The union confederation testified on Wednesday before a special Senate committee reviewing the agreement, alongside the Chamber of Industry (CIU) and the Rice Growers Association (ACA), ahead of a vote expected on Wednesday 25.

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  • Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Orsi disagrees with Pepe Mujica on PIT-CNT's role during previous gov't

    Orsi also insisted that an agreement needs to be reached on the Neptune drinking water project

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi disagreed with former President José Pepe Mujica’s remarks about the PIT-CNT union during a May 1st event, noting he discussed “more important things” with his former mentor. He also reckoned on taking note of the labor grouping's approach, particularly regarding upcoming wage council negotiations.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Pepe Mujica criticizes PIT-CNT central labor for inaction under Lacalle Pou

    “This talk of prioritizing the country is all just talk,” Mujica also said about Uruguayan politicians

    Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica criticized the PIT-CNT central labor union for its inaction during Luis Lacalle Pou’s government (2020-205), noting the absence of strikes and claiming the group only became active under the new leftist government of Yamandú Orsi, which took office on March 1.

  • Friday, January 31st 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Autopart makers Yazaki leaving Uruguay

    Union-sanctioned production stoppages affected the company's reliability to customers, it was explained

    Japanese autopart makers Yazaki announced the closure of its two plants in Uruguay citing rising costs, leaving thousands jobless, it was reported in Montevideo. Some 1,200 workers have been affected by the measure. The plants in Las Piedras and Colonia, which had been operating since 2007, represented 300 and 900 jobs respectively. Yazaki's presence in the region will be shifting to Argentina and Paraguay.

  • Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Uruguay to hold plebiscite on social security

    The initiative seeks to add to the Constitution the legal retirement age (60) and the worth of minimum pensions

    Uruguay's Electoral Court has validated the required signatures therefore the South American country will be holding a plebiscite on social security concurrently with the Oct. 27 presidential elections, it was announced in Montevideo. The authorities said Wednesday that 276,167 signatures had been reached (10% of the citizens registered to vote).

  • Wednesday, May 8th 2024 - 23:19 UTC

    President Lacalle Pou: Overturning social security reform would entail a great step backward

    Lacalle said that if the plebiscite goes ahead he would campaign in favor of keeping the mechanism as it is

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said that reversing the social security reform would imply “a great setback” for his country and pointed out that there seems to be a great rush to carry out this measure.

  • Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

    Referendum regarding social security to go ahead in Uruguay

    “The cause is just, ethical, necessary, and loaded with future,” Abdala said

    Uruguay's labor union Pit-Cnt has garnered the number of signatures required by law; therefore, the social security reform will be subject to a referendum on Oct. 27, simultaneously with the election of a new president. The grouping appeared before Parliament on Saturday with 430,023 signatures to support its request.

  • Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

    Head of US Southern Command not welcome by Uruguay's leading labor grouping

    Gen. Richardson wants a US military base in Uruguay to counter China's presence in the region, the Pit-Cnt said

    Uruguay's labor grouping Pit-Cnt Monday objected to the presence in the South American country of General Laura Richardson, head of the US Southern Command, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Uruguayan unions go on strike, again demanding shorter working hours and wage increases

    Union leader Abdala also said that the 48-hour work week leads to the fact that many times workers cannot follow up on the difficulties of childhood and adolescence of their children. Photo: PIT-CNT

    Uruguay's trade union central, the PIT-CNT, carried out this Tuesday a partial four-hour strike with a mobilization, in which it again called for a law to reduce the working day from 48 to 40 hours a week.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    Uruguayan workers strike against Government's pension reform proposal approved by Parliament

    The reform was described as “necessary” and “solidary” by Lacalle Pou, who has emphasized its approval as one of the top priorities of his presidency

    Uruguayan workers took to the streets on Tuesday as part of a general strike called by the PIT-CNT labor federation to express their rejection of the government's proposed pension reform, which they see as “socially inefficient” and “against the people.” The Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives approved the legislation on Tuesday evening after a “marathon” session.

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