News of labour

Wage talks, inflation, union divisions: Orange alert as October heats up

12-10-2022 22:39 Runaway three-digit wage increases impact on multiple fronts. Tussle among unions to clinch the biggest wage hikes, conflict between the CGT and leftist groupings over increasingly poor wage-earners. The business world watches on, fearing escalation.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

‘Kelly’ Olmos, PJ loyalist close to the president, takes on labour portfolio

11-10-2022 15:32 New Labour Minister referred to her relationship with Kirchnerism, Peronism, trade unions and vows to lead a portfolio that’s “on the side of the workers.”

Guy Standing: ‘A basic income is a right of every individual in every society’

19-08-2022 16:29 British labour economist and University of London professor on unconditional basic income, the poverty trap and the ‘precariat.’

by Jorge Fontevecchia

UK PM accused of clinging to power for wedding bash

07-07-2022 17:29 Boris Johnson announced in morning resignation that he would stay until October, critics accuse him of hanging on until his July wedding at prime ministers' country pad Chequers.

Johnson's Conservatives lose key councils in UK local elections

06-05-2022 09:27 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party lost control of key councils in London, according to partial results from local and regional elections on Friday.

Uruguay set to keep investor-friendly legal reforms in vote

28-03-2022 13:16 Uruguayans vote to uphold more than 100 legal changes introduced by President Luis Lacalle Pou in a referendum that could help his government implement more market-friendly reforms.

Government launches 'Registradas' plan to tackle unregistered labour

29-09-2021 15:20 State to pay 50% of newly registered domestic worker wages for six months under new government scheme designed to tackle informal labour.

Pandemic slashes pay for workers in Latin America’s black economy

31-07-2021 00:28 Latin America's job market is going deeper into the dark, with a surge of off-the-books employment trapping millions in an abyss of worse pay, unstable work and dependence on government aid.

Pope Francis: 'Private property is a secondary right'

18-06-2021 18:10 “We should continue exercising special care for the common good” – leader of Catholic Church speaks his mind during a video speech before the International Labour Organisation.