Uruguayan trade union center PIT-CNT convenes strike

Montevideo, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The PIT-CNT union center of Uruguay convened a partial strike in rejection of government policies due to labor demands.

August 22, 2023
11:07

The strike will include a mobilization, although some unions of the Representative Table decided to halt work for 24 hours.

Workers from public institutions, banks, schools and other agencies will join the protests, which will begin in front of the University of the Republic in the capital city and will continue on to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where a mass event will take place.

The general secretary of the PIT-CNT, Elbia Pereira, criticized the Government’s Accountability proposal before Parliament, which, in her opinion, does not meet the needs of the workers.

She stressed the rejection of what she denounced as government policies to privatize public companies, including ANCAP (fuels and cement), ANTEL (telecommunications) and OSE (sanitary works and services).

The strike also calls for a “real increase in wages”, quality work and “the reduction of the working day,” the union center said on social networks.

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