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Sidor workers reject arbitration: continue industrial action
February 27, 2008 Thousands of workers at Venezuela's largest steel plant, the Argentine-controlled Ternium Sidor, activated staggered strikes today as part of an ongoing dispute for a collective contract, which has dragged on for more than a year. -
"Part of the Transition to Socialism": Venezuela's Labour Law Comes into Effect
May 10, 2013 ... came into effect this week, guaranteeing shorter working hours, longer maternity leave and pensions for all ... the world”, the Lottt reduces the working week from 44 hours to 40, and requires that employers provide two ... labour minister Maria Iglesias stated that the new working hours are part of the process towards a “just distribution ... -
Venezuelan National Assembly Rejects Shorter Working Day For Now
November 7, 2008 ... Labor Law, which would have reduced the working day to 6 hours, a proposal made by legislators Luis Tascon, Wilmer ... to the Venezuelan workers to have a labor day reduced to 6 hours be fulfilled here, something which was promised in the ... union sectors about the reduction of the working day to 6 hours through the Labor Law. He said that in the context of ... -
Venezuelan Steel Workers End Strike
October 23, 2008 ... and protests that they had maintained for more than 90 hours, after the Venezuelan vice president Ramon Carrizalez ... -
Venezuela’s Chavez Signs New Labour Law in Act of “Social Justice” for Workers
May 1, 2012 ... new labour law will see the working week reduced to 40 hours and maternity leave increased to 6.5 months. The law ... -
Fisheries Unions Demand Dialogue with the Venezuelan Government
April 19, 2014 In the early hours of last Wednesday morning, the heads of the fishing industry workers' unions of Sucre state announced their request to be incorporated into the mesas económicas (economic tables), among other [sectors]. -
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 ... -
1.395 Arrested in Venezuelan Anti-Smuggling Operation
October 30, 2014 ... have been granted bail, 19 will face trial this week and 47 have been freed, said Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz ... -
Venezuelan Workers Organise, Draft Proposals for New Labour Law
February 2, 2012 ... – The reduction of the working day to a maximum of 7 hours, eliminating subcontracted work and increasing ... -
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 ... -
Venezuela: Focus on Farmers and Agriculture
March 21, 2011 ... late last year, the government ordered the occupation of 47 mostly fallow estates in the region as part of its relief ... -
Venezuelan President Increases University and Public Sector Wages by over 40%
April 29, 2011 ... BsF [63 million USD] to double (from 200 to 400 BsF) [47 to 93 USD] the monthly scholarship amount received by some ... -
Minimum Wage Set to Rise Once Again, Says Venezuela’s Chavez
April 8, 2011 ... citing Central Bank figures inflation figures (60.47% over the last two years) to demonstrate the ongoing ... -
Sidor Contract Workers In Negotiations for Bonus, Following Brief Strike
November 5, 2008 ... was that the minister had been meeting into the late hours of the night with the presidents of Sidor to fine-tune ... in mid-October the contract workers went on strike for 90 hours and blocked traffic on the main road because Sanz had ... -
Venezuelan Educational Workers Sign New Collective Contract with Government
April 12, 2018 ... the current raise, a level 1 teacher working 40 academic hours a week will now receive a basic wage of 2.3 million ... to 200,000 and increases the recognition of paid teaching hours to 40 academic hours of 45 minutes each. Previously, paid teaching hours ...