Search
51 results found:
-
Venezuela Teachers' Strike: ‘Those of Us Who Continue to Teach Do So Out of Love’
November 11, 2019 Community news portal Tatuy TV interviewed a local Chavista teacher about teachers’ lives in the current economic crisis and the recent strike. -
Venezuela’s Labor Movement at the Crossroads
April 29, 2008 ... only slightly above 20% of the formal work force, while 47% of workers are in the so-called informal sector, ... -
The Insidious Bureaucracy in Venezuela: Biggest Barrier to Social Change
May 17, 2010 ... late. It was just 9.30am, but she’d already spent a few hours working at the primary school, and had a long busy day ... the work. Sometimes the general secretary here will spend hours and hours talking on the phone and not doing his job. But he gets ... -
Boss's Campaign of Terror Against Venezuelan Unionists
August 25, 2008 ... before the authorities and were held for almost six hours in a maximum security prison. They were informed they ... -
Venezuelan Labor Leader: "Our Votes are for Chavez and the Revolution"
November 3, 2008 ... number of permanent workers — went on strike for 90 hours on October 17, as tensions rose to the point of ... -
Unionists on the Streets in Caracas
December 1, 2009 ... such a law must include a reduction of the work day to six hours, along with a prohibition of state interventions in ... -
Update: Childcare Workers Suspend Vigil, Begin Negotiations inside Venezuela’s National Assembly
June 5, 2014 Ten days ago, with at least one representative from each of Venezuela’s 23 states, some 100 childcare workers gathered for a vigil outside the National Assembly. They vowed they would stay until the government acted on their demands for a living wage, benefits and recognition as workers. -
Venezuelan Government Incorporates 1,723 Subcontracted Workers into Sidor, Nationalises Companies
December 19, 2011 ... and blocking the main highway to Guyana City for 32 hours in mid November. These protests resulted in the ... -
Venezuela: Revolution in the Electrical Industry
March 28, 2010 ... institutions to ensure that they comply with new work hours established to reduce energy consumption in the public ... -
Report on Venezuela's Trade Union Situation
May 26, 2004 ... of President Chávez was so overwhelming that only 48 hours after the replacement government was sworn in, Chávez ... -
Venezuela on the Verge of a Social Explosion?
July 24, 2018 ... scarcity of banknotes forces many workers to spend long hours queuing at bank branch offices and cashpoints to ... Infrastructure collapse People have to queue for long hours before they can get onto any form of transport. In the ... go to work, just to keep that income, but only for a few hours, then spend the rest of day chasing after cash, food or ... -
Worker Control in a Capitalist Environment: Voices from Indorca (Part II)
June 9, 2022 ... For close to four years, the workers set aside two hours to study and debate. The debates were lively and the ... debate are priorities for us. That is why we all set two hours aside to study. Yaneth Carreño: When I got to Indorca, ... -
Fear and Voting in Latin America: A Report from El Salvador and Venezuela
March 31, 2004 ... offends, insults, deceives, lies, manipulates, etc., 24 hours a day, and we have learned to live with that. The ... -
Joint Responsibility and Confidence in Venezuela’s Worker Co-Managed Industries
May 6, 2005 ... and carrying water, reestablished power in less than 48 hours. I’m very proud of their performance. It is the ... -
Venezuelan Workers Debate Workers Control of Industry and Government Enterprises
May 19, 2005 The working class and its leadership in the Bolivarian movement of President Hugo Chavez is making huge strides in its efforts to forge a new country based on human solidarity and social justice. That's the conclusion I draw after returning from two weeks observing political and social life in Venezuela.