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Chapter by Chapter Summary of Venezuela’s New Labour Law
May 9, 2012 ... (article 44). After defining outsourced labour in article 47 as “fraud committed by employers in order to distort, ... should be paid at at least 30% extra. “Extraordinary” hours will be paid at a rate of at least 50% extra. A worker ... one hour per day, and workers can’t work more than 5 hours continuously. During such rest times, they have the ... -
The Labour Movement and Socialist Struggle in Venezuela: An Interview with Pedro Eusse
July 26, 2010 ... constantly ringing phone, Pedro spoke passionately for two hours about the centrality of organized workers in the ... in our company against the abuses of excessive working hours. As a consequence of this, I was fired. From that point ... -
Observations on a Venezuelan Workplace Struggle
May 29, 2009 ... no reason to believe it’s not true. After less than 24 hours of a worker-community struggle on this issue, Mayela ... -
"This Year May Day is Very Special"
April 30, 2008 As May Day approaches once again, Federico Fuentes fromwww.greenleft.org.au interviews Stalin Pérez Borges (SPB), national coordinator of the National Union of Workers (UNT) and member of the editorial board of the newspaper Marea Socialista and Marcos Garcia (MG), national coordinator of the public sector federation, FENTRASEP and member also of Marea Socialista. -
Socialists from U.S. Meet with Venezuelan Workers
December 7, 2010 ... seeking to limit their exposure to this chemical to three hours a day. Luis Cortes, 38, said he was on medical leave ... -
Venezuela, Worker Control, and Self-management
July 19, 2010 ... assembly decided to extend the work stoppage from 48 hours to 80 hours. In this context there was violent repression against ... -
Report on Venezuelan Labour: the Process Continues
September 12, 2003 ... use the funds to create jobs! Reduce the workweek to 36 hours! Create new enterprises under workers’ control!--- ... on nationalising the banks, the external debt, and work hours among other aspects went far beyond the current ... -
Tales of Resistance: 'So Much Work and Nothing to Show for It'
April 26, 2019 ... “Now we have to struggle to enforce it,” Chávez said, hours before traveling to Havana for a new round of radiation ... This new legislation shortened the work week from 44 to 40 hours, with two continuous days of rest, established double ... -
Why a Philosophical Summit of the Poor?
October 7, 2014 ... is not something that we can produce because we spend 14 hours as day as slaves to this system. Of each 24 hours, 14 are for being slaves of the system, and 6 hours, at least, we spend sleeping to recuperate and gain ... -
A Factory without Bosses: Voices from Indorca (Part I)
June 2, 2022 ... we were just expected to be at our posts for eight hours a day and work with blinders on. When Article 149 was ... and we had to learn how to do cost analysis: how many man-hours were needed to produce a product and what inputs would ... The boss, the manager, or the engineer may spend eight hours in an office, and he may even be tired at the end of ... -
Venezuela – A Last Warning
May 20, 2016 ... onto the black market. From the family that queues for hours and then re-sells some of what they’ve bought, to the ... to criminal gangs who hire people to queue for hours and buy whatever subsidised products are available ... it over and hand it to the communal power”. Less than 48 hours later, in an interview with Reuters, the vice-president ... -
Mayday in Venezuela: A Tale of Two Marches
May 2, 2005 ... and from barrios on the hillsides. After several hours, we arrived at the end of the rally, where organizers ... -
Chavez Emboldens Venezuelan Workers with Takeover Precedent
April 15, 2008 ... Workers at another union in the region took less than 24 hours to appear on television after the announcement and urge ... -
Venezuela: Thousands Demand Passing of Radical Labour Law
November 17, 2010 ... would also reduce the legal working day from eight to six hours, allowing paid time for workers’ councils and ... -
State-Financed Experiments in Venezuela's Solidarity Economy
November 28, 2005 ... located in densely populated west Caracas. She works seven hours a day, five days a week, and is paid 117 dollars a ...