News of labour unions

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

LABOUR TENSIONS

Strike paralyses tyre production, forces closure of car plants

26-09-2022 21:55 A strike by workers demanding higher wages has brought tyre production and activity at two major car factories in Argentina to a complete halt.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer

22-06-2022 14:26 Workers at Chile's state mining company Codelco launched "indefinite" strike on Wednesday, protesting the closure of a foundry.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Hugo Moyano: ‘We’ve always defended workers to the death’

09-07-2021 20:32 Veteran teamster and union leader Hugo Moyano riffs on his meteoric rise through the labour movement, relationships with Argentina’s presidents and why he is targeted for being on the side of the worker.

by Jorge Fontevecchia