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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 12:31 UTC

Tag: Workers strike

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    Argentine state workers announce 36-hour strike

    Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger's wickedness has no limits, ATE's Aguiar insisted

    As the economic policies of Argentine President Javier Milei keep taking their toll on ordinary citizens, state workers represented by the ATE (Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado) labor union will stage a 36-hour stoppage on Oct. 29 and 30 to seek a course change. “We can't stand this government any longer,” ATE Secretary-General Rodolfo Aguiar said Tuesday. “We have to deepen the plan of struggle,” he added after a federal plenary with delegates from all over the country.

  • Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 08:18 UTC

    Workers strike in Argentine ports disrupting wheat millers' operations in Brazil

    More than one hundred cargo ships are facing delays to load agricultural products in Argentina, including wheat that Brazil imports to produce flour

    The prolongation of a workers' strike in the ports of Argentina may disrupt wheat millers' operations in Brazil, especially if the labor action is not called off before the end of the year, industry representatives were quoted in the Brazilian media.